Refine your search
Subject (4)
Search results
-
Self-help guide
Self-help guide: Abdominal pain
Check your abdominal (tummy) symptoms, when you can use self-care, and what to do if your pain worsens and you need medical help.
-
Self-help guide
Self-help guide: Lower back pain
Most back problems start for no obvious reason, which can be very frustrating. The spine is strong and back problems are rarely due to any serious disease or damage. Find out more about your lower back pain symptoms, when you can use self-care, and what to do if your back pain worsens and you need medical help.
-
Self-help guide
Self-help guide: Flu-like illness
Flu (influenza) is a common infectious viral illness spread by coughs and sneezes. It can be very unpleasant, but you'll usually begin to feel better within about a week. Use this self-help guide to find out more about your flu symptoms, when you can use self-care, and what to do if your condition worsens and you need medical help.
-
Self-help guide
Self-help guide: Emergency contraception
Find out more about how and where to get emergency contraception, such as the IUD or the emergency contraceptive pill, sometimes known as the morning after pill. Emergency contraception can prevent pregnancy after unprotected sex or if your contraceptive method has failed, for example, a condom has split or you've missed a pill.
-
Self-help guide
Self-help guide: Earache
Earache can be sharp, dull or burning ear pain that comes and goes or is constant. Earache is a common problem and although it can be worrying it will often get better in a few days without treatment. Use this self-help guide to find out more about your earache symptoms, when you can use self-care, and what to do if your condition worsens and you need medical help.
-
Self-help guide
Self-help guide: Diarrhoea
Diarrhoea is passing looser or more frequent stools than is normal for you. It affects most people from time to time and is usually nothing to worry about. Use this guide to find out more about your diarrhoea symptoms, when you can use self-care, and what to do if your condition worsens and you need medical help.
-
Self-help guide
Self-help guide: Cough
Find out more about coughs in adults, when you can use self-care, and what to do if your cough worsens and you need medical help. Most coughs clear up within 3 weeks and don't require any treatment. A dry cough means it's tickly and doesn't produce any phlegm (thick mucus). A chesty cough means phlegm is produced to help clear your airways.
-
Self-help guide
Self-help guide: Vomiting
Find out more about your vomiting symptoms, when you can use self-care, and what to do if your condition worsens and you need medical help.
-
Self-help guide
Self-help guide: Urinary infection
Find out more about your urinary infection symptoms, when you can use self-care, and what to do if your condition worsens and you need medical help.
-
Self-help guide
Self-help guide: Tick bites
Find out more about your tick bite symptoms, when you can use self-care, and what to do if your condition worsens and you need medical help.