Self Help
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We are keen to help patients improve on self help and hope that the following information will offer some insight into that.
Take a look and see if you can improve your own understanding of your health and well-being! Please encourage others to look here too.
Here is a list of ailments that can be safely self managed. You will see that you can take a look via the hyperlink at the other websites which can offer you further information about managing your condition.
Specific advice for children
Please visit the NHS approved website Healthier together
Useful leaflets aimed at babies
Common ailments that can be self-managed
There is a wealth of helpful information on the NHS website. For more information follow the links below.
- Back pain
- Cold sores
- Common Cold
- Conjunctivitis
- Constipation
- Cough
- Diarrhoea
- Dysmenorrhoea (painful periods)
- Earache
- Haemorrhoids (Piles)
- Hay fever
- Head lice
- Headache
- Heartburn & Indigestion
- Influenza
- Insect bitesand stings
- Migraine
- Nasal congestion
- Nappy rash
- Sore throat
- Sinusitis
- Sprains and strains
- Thrush
- Warts and Verrucas