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 Updated
• 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 Updated
• Asthma - what is asthma? Updated
• Be sure to take your medicine Updated
• Bites and stings Updated
• Blisters
• Boils Updated
• Bone fractures – when you break a bone
• Bruises Updated
• Burns and scalds Updated
• Caffeine
• Calluses and corns
• Cancer (see: What is cancer?)
• Cerebral Palsy
• Chickenpox Updated
• Cholesterol - what is it?
• Coeliac disease Updated
• Cold sores Updated
• 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 Updated
• Diabetes
• Diphtheria
• Drugs
• Dyslexia
• Epilepsy - having 'fits' Updated
• Exercise
• Exercise - check your pulse
• Exercise safely
• Feeling feverish Updated
• First aid - basic - what is it?
• First aid - bleeding
• First aid - broken bones
• First aid - burns
• First aid - poisons
• Fitness
• Flu and colds (see: Colds and flu)
• Food allergies
• Fungal infections - watch out for tinea!
• Gastro - a tummy bug Updated
• Glandular fever
• Going into hospital
• Good Posture - looking after your back
• Hay fever
• Head lice - what are they?
• Head lice - what to do Updated
• Help - I've got worms
• Hepatitis B
• If your friend has Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD) Updated
• Immunisation - keeping safe from diseases Updated
• Impetigo (see: School sores - impetigo)
• Infections
• Kissing
• Learning disabilities
• Measles Updated
• Migraine - a really bad headache Updated
• Motion sickness - stop, I need to throw up! Updated
• Mumps
• Passive smoking (living with a smoker)
• Pneumonia
• Polio
• Psychological assessments Updated
• Rubella
• School sores - impetigo
• Scoliosis
• Shingles Updated
• Smoking and its effects
• Snoring can stop you sleeping well Updated
• Speech problems Updated
• Spina Bifida
• Splinters, thorns and prickles Updated
• Sprains and strains
• Sunburn
• Swimmer's ear Updated
• Tetanus
• Tonsillitis - when your throat is often sore Updated
• Trauma Updated
• Warts Updated
• What about antibiotics?
• What is cancer?
• Whooping cough