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?) Updated
• 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
• Bruises
• Burns and scalds
• Caffeine
• Calluses and corns
• Cancer (see: What is cancer?) Updated
• Cerebral Palsy
• Chickenpox
• Cholesterol - what is it?
• Coeliac disease and gluten sensitivity
• 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
• 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
• 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
• Glandular fever
• Going into hospital
• Good posture - looking after your back
• Hay fever
• Head lice - what are they?
• Head lice - what to do
• Help - I've got worms
• Hepatitis B
• If your friend has Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD)
• Immunisation - keeping safe from diseases
• Impetigo (see: School sores - impetigo)
• Infections
• Kissing
• Learning disabilities
• Measles
• Migraine - a really bad headache
• Motion sickness - stop, I need to throw up!
• Mumps
• Passive smoking (living with a smoker)
• Pneumonia
• Polio
• Psychological assessments
• 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
• Sprains and strains
• Sunburn
• Swimmer's ear - an infection in your ear canal
• Tetanus
• Tonsillitis - when your throat is often sore Updated
• Trauma Updated
• Warts
• What about antibiotics? Updated
• What is cancer? Updated
• Whooping cough