Your Health

Lots of topics about healthy living, as well as stuff on illnesses, infections, and other annoying complaints....

Topics

• Adenoids- when you sound like you have a cold
• Alcohol - it can affect your life
• Allergies - general
• Anaphylaxis - when an allergy can be really dangerous
• Antibiotics (see: What about antibiotics?)
• Anxiety - when you are worrying about things
• Asthma - managing your asthma
• Asthma - what is asthma?
• Be sure to take your medicine
• Bites and stings
• Blisters
• Boils
• Bone fractures – when you break a bone Updated
• Bruises
• Burns and scalds
• Caffeine
• Calluses and corns
• Cancer (see: What is cancer?)
• Cerebral Palsy
• Chickenpox
• Cholesterol - what is it?
• Coeliac disease
• Cold sores
• Colds and flu
• Computers and your health
• Concussion - seeing stars!
• Constipation - when you just can't go!
• Cuts and grazes
• Dehydration - when your body needs more water
• Diabetes
• Diphtheria Updated
• Drugs
• Dyslexia
• Epilepsy - having 'fits'
• Exercise
• Exercise - check your pulse
• Exercise safely
• Feeling feverish
• First aid - basic - what is it?
• First aid - bleeding
• First aid - broken bones Updated
• First aid - burns Updated
• First aid - poisons Updated
• Fitness
• Flu and colds (see: Colds and flu)
• Food allergies
• Fungal infections - watch out for tinea!
• Gastro - a tummy bug
• Glandular fever
• Going into hospital
• Good posture - looking after your back Updated
• Hay fever
• Head lice - what are they? Updated
• Head lice - what to do
• Help - I've got worms Updated
• Hepatitis B Updated
• If your friend has Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD)
• Immunisation - keeping safe from diseases
• Impetigo (see: School sores - impetigo)
• Infections
• Kissing Updated
• Learning disabilities Updated
• Measles
• Migraine - a really bad headache Updated
• Motion sickness - stop, I need to throw up! Updated
• Mumps Updated
• Passive smoking (living with a smoker) Updated
• Pneumonia Updated
• Polio Updated
• Psychological assessments
• Rubella Updated
• School sores - impetigo
• Scoliosis
• Shingles
• Smoking and its effects Updated
• Snoring can stop you sleeping well
• Speech problems
• Spina Bifida Updated
• Splinters, thorns and prickles
• Sprains and strains
• Sunburn
• Swimmer's ear
• Tetanus
• Tonsillitis - when your throat is often sore
• Trauma
• Warts
• What about antibiotics?
• What is cancer?
• Whooping cough