Health conditions

Plain language guides with common symptoms, when to seek care and which specialist usually helps.

Anaemia

A condition where the blood has fewer healthy red cells or less haemoglobin than normal.

Ongoing worry or fear that is hard to control and affects everyday life.

Inflammation or wear of the joints causing pain and stiffness.

A long term condition in which the airways become inflamed and narrow, causing breathing difficulty.

A very common problem, usually related to muscles, posture or strain, that often improves with time and movement.

A common mental health condition that affects mood, thoughts and daily functioning. It is treatable.

A long term condition where blood sugar levels stay higher than normal because the body does not make or use insulin effectively.

A group of conditions affecting the heart, most commonly narrowing of the blood vessels that supply the heart muscle.

Blood pressure that stays above the healthy range over time. It often has no symptoms but raises the risk of heart disease, strok…

A neurological condition causing recurring, often one sided headaches, sometimes with nausea and sensitivity to light.

A hormonal condition affecting periods, skin, hair and metabolism.

Conditions where the thyroid gland makes too little or too much hormone, affecting energy, weight, mood and temperature.