Medical Conditions

Herpes zoster virus

Chickenpox is a common illness that mainly affects children and causes anitchy,spotty rash.

Occupational therapy

Occupational therapy providessupport to people whose health prevents them doing the activities that matter to them.

Onychomycosis

Many peopledevelop afungal nail infection at some point in their life. It's not usually serious, but can be unpleasantand difficult to treat.

Head lice

Head lice are tiny insects that live in hair. Nits are the empty egg cases attached to hair thathead licehatch from.

Escherichia coli (E. coli) O157

Escherichia coli O157, sometimes called VTEC, is a bacterial infection that can cause severe stomach pain, bloody diarrhoea and kidney failure.

Cluster headaches

Cluster headaches are excruciating attacks of pain in one side of the head, often felt around the eye.

Hallucinations

Hallucinations are where someone sees, hears, smells, tastes or feels things that don't exist outside their mind.

CVS

Chorionic villus sampling (CVS) is a test you may be offered during pregnancy to check if your baby hasagenetic or chromosomal condition, such as Downs, Edwards' or Patau's syndromes.

Osteomyelitis

Osteomyelitis is the medical termfor a bone infection, usually caused by bacteria.

Auditory processing disorder

Auditory processing disorder (APD) is a hearing or listening problem caused by the brain not processing sounds in the normal way.

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS)

Motor neurone disease is a rare condition that progressively damages parts of the nervous system. This leads to muscle weakness, often with visible wasting.

Cerebral palsy

Cerebral palsy isthe general termfor a number of neurological conditions that affect movement and co-or dination.

Breath-holding spells in children

"Breath-holding spells" refers to two distinct conditions that can occur when a child is frightened, upset orangry, or experiences a sudden shock or pain.

Myocardial infarction

Myocardial infarction (heart attack) is a serious medical emergency in which the supply of blood to the heart is suddenly blocked, usually by a blood clot.

Tinnitus

Tinnitus isthe term forhearingsoundsthat come from inside your body, rather than from an outside source.

Ovulation pain

Some women get a one-sided pain in their lower abdomen when they ovulate.

Glaucoma

Glaucoma is an eye condition where theoptic nerve, which connects your eye to your brain,becomes damaged. It can lead to loss of vision if not detected and treated early on.

Tapeworm infections

Tapeworms are parasites that can live in a person's intestine (bowel). They don't always cause symptoms and when they do they are often mistaken for another illness.