Health conditions: C
435 guides
- C-section scar problems
- C. difficile infection
- C1 inhibitor testing
- C1q deficiency lupus link
- C282Y homozygous: what it means
- C3 glomerulopathy
- CADASIL
- Cadmium poisoning: sources, symptoms, health effects and what to do
- Calcaneal stress fracture
- Calcific tendinitis
- Calcific tendonitis
- Calciphylaxis
- Calciphylaxis: what to know
- Calcium crystal diseases
- Calf tear (calf strain): symptoms, recovery and when to worry
- CALR and MPL mutations
- Campylobacteriosis (campylobacter infection): symptoms, causes and when to get help
- Camurati-Engelmann disease
- Cancer diagnosed during pregnancy: tests, treatment options and outlook
- Cancer pain: causes, types and how it is managed
- Cancer treatment and the heart: chemotherapy cardiotoxicity explained
- Cancer-associated retinopathy
- Candida auris (Candidozyma auris): what patients and visitors should know
- Canker sores (mouth ulcers): causes, treatment and how long they last
- Cannabis Hyperemesis Syndrome
- Cannabis use disorder: effects, dependence, withdrawal and getting help in the UK
- Capnocytophaga infection after dog or cat contact
- CAPS syndromes
- Capsulitis of the 2nd MTP
- CAR-T access pathways
- CARASIL and small vessel genetics
- Carbamate Poisoning
- Carbon monoxide poisoning: symptoms, causes and what to do
- Carcinoid syndrome: symptoms, causes and treatment
- Carcinoma of unknown primary
- Carcinoma of unknown primary (CUP)
- Cardiac amyloidosis deep dive
- Cardiac arrest: symptoms, causes, CPR and recovery
- Cardiac arrhythmia
- Cardiac sarcoidosis: symptoms, tests and treatment when sarcoidosis affects the heart
- Cardiac tumours (myxoma)
- Cardioembolic stroke: when a clot travels from the heart
- Cardiogenic shock: when the heart cannot pump enough blood, and how it is treated
- Cardiomyopathy overview
- Cardiomyopathy: symptoms, types, causes and treatment
- Cardioversion: what to expect
- Caregiver burden: the strain of looking after someone, and getting support
- Carnitine deficiency: primary and secondary causes, symptoms and treatment
- Caroli disease: symptoms, diagnosis and treatment
- Carotid artery disease
- Carotid artery dissection: symptoms, diagnosis and treatment
- Carotid artery stenosis
- Carotid body tumour and paraganglioma
- Carpal tunnel syndrome: symptoms, treatment, causes and recovery
- Cartilage injury
- Castleman disease
- Castration-resistant prostate cancer: what it means and how it is managed in the UK
- Cat scratch disease: symptoms, treatment and how long it lasts
- Catamenial pneumothorax: period-related collapsed lung and thoracic endometriosis
- Cataract surgery lens choices: monofocal, toric, EDOF and multifocal implants
- Cataracts: symptoms, causes, surgery and recovery
- Cataracts: symptoms, causes, surgery and recovery
- Catarrh: symptoms, causes and how to ease it
- Catastrophic antiphospholipid syndrome (CAPS): a rare, life-threatening clotting emergency
- Catecholaminergic polymorphic ventricular tachycardia (CPVT): symptoms, testing and treatment
- Cauda equina syndrome: symptoms, causes, diagnosis and emergency treatment
- Cavernoma: symptoms, causes, diagnosis and treatment
- Cavities and tooth decay
- Cavus foot (pes cavus)
- CBT-I explained: cognitive behavioural therapy for insomnia
- Cellulite
- Cellulitis: symptoms, treatment, recovery and when it is an emergency
- Central auditory disorders
- Central hypothyroidism: an underactive thyroid caused by the pituitary
- Central line-associated bloodstream infection: warning signs and what to do
- Central nervous system lymphoma
- Central post-stroke pain: nerve pain after a stroke
- Central retinal artery occlusion: sudden sight loss, causes and emergency care
- Central serous retinopathy (CSR): symptoms, causes and treatment
- Central sleep apnoea
- Central sleep apnoea: causes, symptoms, tests and treatment
- Central vertigo: when spinning comes from the brain rather than the inner ear
- Centronuclear and nemaline myopathies: structural congenital myopathies
- Cerebellar ataxia: rehabilitation, therapy and day-to-day management
- Cerebral hypoxia
- Cerebral palsy: what it is, symptoms, causes, diagnosis and support
- Cerebral toxoplasmosis (toxoplasma infection of the brain): symptoms and treatment
- Cerebral vasculitis: symptoms, diagnosis and treatment
- Cerebrotendinous xanthomatosis
- Cerumen impaction (earwax blockage): symptoms, safe removal and when to see someone
- Cervical adenocarcinoma
- Cervical cancer: symptoms, causes, screening and treatment
- Cervical dysplasia (CIN): abnormal cervical cells, colposcopy and treatment
- Cervical dystonia: symptoms, causes and treatment
- Cervical ectropion: symptoms, causes, bleeding after sex and treatment
- Cervical polyps: symptoms, removal and what the results mean
- Cervical radiculopathy: symptoms, causes, treatment and recovery
- Cervical spondylosis (neck arthritis): symptoms, treatment and warning signs
- Cervicitis
- Cervicogenic headache: symptoms, treatment and exercises
- CFTR-related disorders
- Chagas disease: symptoms, testing and treatment in the UK
- Chalazion: symptoms, treatment and how long it lasts
- Change in bowel habit
- Changes in bowel habits
- Charcot foot: symptoms, causes, treatment and outlook
- Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease: symptoms, genetics, diagnosis and treatment
- CHARGE syndrome in adults
- Charles Bonnet syndrome: what it is, why it happens and what helps
- Checking compulsions
- Chemical burns: first aid, treatment and when to call 999
- Chemo brain
- Cherry angiomas: what they are, causes and whether they need treatment
- Chest infection: symptoms, treatment, how long it lasts and when to see a GP
- Chest pain causes: from heartburn to heart attack and when to call 999
- Chest pain in children
- Chest pain when exercising
- Chest pain: causes, symptoms and when to call 999
- Chest tightness at rest
- Chest wall deformities, patient guide
- Chest wall pain vs lung pain
- Chiari 1 decision guide
- Chiari malformation
- Chiari malformation: symptoms, causes and treatment
- Chickenpox (varicella) vaccination in the UK: who is offered it and how it works
- Chickenpox (varicella): symptoms, spread and treatment
- Chickenpox in children: symptoms, home care and when to get help
- Chickenpox in pregnancy: exposure, immunity and treatment
- Chickenpox: symptoms, how long it lasts and treatment
- Chikungunya: symptoms, treatment and how it is spread
- Chilblains: symptoms, treatment and how to prevent them
- Child abuse - safeguarding guide
- Child ADHD assessment private
- Child asthma
- Child autism assessment private
- Child snoring and sleep problems
- Childhood apraxia of speech
- Childhood asthma
- Childhood croup, noisy breathing and stridor
- Childhood eczema severe
- Childhood migraine
- Childhood obesity
- Childhood obesity support
- Childhood snoring and apnoea
- Childhood vaccination series (age 1 to 15) on the NHS schedule
- Childhood-onset schizophrenia - patient and family guide
- Chlamydia Pneumoniae Infection
- Chlamydia: symptoms, testing, treatment and how long it takes to clear
- Chlamydia: testing, treatment, partner notification and complications
- Cholecystectomy (gallbladder removal): what it is, recovery and diet
- Cholecystitis: symptoms, causes, treatment and when to get help
- Choledochal cysts adults
- Cholera: symptoms, causes, treatment and prevention when travelling
- Cholestasis of pregnancy: symptoms, risks and treatment
- Cholesteatoma: symptoms, causes and treatment
- Cholinergic Toxidrome (Organophosphate)
- Chondral injury
- Chondroblastoma
- Chondromalacia patellae: kneecap pain, causes and treatment
- Chondrosarcoma: symptoms, diagnosis and treatment of this bone cancer
- Chordoma
- Chorioamnionitis and fever in labour: signs, treatment and care for mother and baby
- Choroid plexus tumours
- Choroideremia: X-linked retinal degeneration, diagnosis and gene therapy research
- Chronic abdominal pain
- Chronic actinic dermatitis
- Chronic ankle instability
- Chronic autoimmune thyroid eye flare
- Chronic back pain
- Chronic bronchitis
- Chronic central serous chorioretinopathy
- Chronic constipation: symptoms, causes, treatment and when to see a GP
- Chronic cough
- Chronic cough diagnosis
- Chronic cough in children
- Chronic daily headaches
- Chronic diarrhoea
- Chronic endometritis and fertility
- Chronic exertional compartment syndrome
- Chronic fatigue after illness
- Chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS): symptoms, diagnosis and treatment
- Chronic granulomatous disease (CGD)
- Chronic granulomatous disease adults
- Chronic hypertension in pregnancy: planning, aspirin, monitoring and the postnatal period
- Chronic idiopathic neutropenia
- Chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy (CIDP): symptoms, diagnosis and treatment
- Chronic insomnia: causes, diagnosis and treatment in the UK
- Chronic interstitial nephritis
- Chronic intestinal pseudo-obstruction (CIPO): symptoms, diagnosis and treatment
- Chronic kidney disease
- Chronic kidney disease (CKD)
- Chronic kidney disease and pregnancy: risks, planning and care
- Chronic kidney disease stage 3a: what the eGFR means, monitoring and protecting your kidneys
- Chronic kidney disease stage 4 (G4)
- Chronic kidney disease stages: eGFR, ACR and what each stage means
- Chronic laryngitis
- Chronic lymphocytic leukaemia
- Chronic mesenteric ischaemia: pain after eating, tests and treatment
- Chronic migraine
- Chronic mucocutaneous candidiasis
- Chronic myelogenous leukaemia
- Chronic myeloid leukaemia
- Chronic osteomyelitis
- Chronic otitis media (chronic suppurative otitis media): symptoms and management
- Chronic pain syndrome: assessment, self-management and what NICE recommends
- Chronic pain: what it is, symptoms, causes and how it is managed
- Chronic pancreatitis: symptoms, causes, treatment and outlook
- Chronic pelvic pain
- Chronic pelvic pain in men
- Chronic pelvic pain syndrome (CPPS) in men: symptoms, causes and treatment
- Chronic recurrent multifocal osteomyelitis (CRMO): a non-infectious bone inflammation
- Chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyps: symptoms and treatment
- Chronic sinusitis: treatment, symptoms and how long it lasts
- Chronic spontaneous urticaria: long-lasting hives explained
- Chronic testicular ache
- Chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE)
- Chronic venous insufficiency: symptoms, causes and treatment
- Churg-Strauss syndrome (EGPA)
- CIDP guide
- Cirrhosis of the liver: symptoms, causes and treatment
- CKD stage 3: what it means
- Classical Ehlers-Danlos syndrome: skin and joints
- Classical Ehlers-Danlos syndrome: stretchy skin, loose joints and care
- Claudication: symptoms, causes and treatment of leg pain on walking
- Clear cell ovarian cancer: what it is, how it is treated and the outlook
- Cleft lip and palate
- Cleft palate: causes, treatment and what to expect
- Clicking hip
- Clicking joints
- Clinical evaluation
- Clinical trials access UK
- Clinically isolated syndrome (CIS)
- CLL watch and wait
- CLN2 disease (late-infantile Batten disease)
- Clonal cytopenia meaning
- Clonal haematopoiesis (CHIP)
- Clonorchiasis: Chinese liver fluke infection from raw freshwater fish
- Closed Reduction (Fracture)
- Clostridioides difficile (C. diff) infection: symptoms, treatment and preventing spread
- Clostridium perfringens food poisoning
- Clots in period blood: what is normal, causes and when to see a GP
- Clotting disorder testing
- Clubfoot: signs, causes and treatment with the Ponseti method
- Cluster headache: symptoms, treatment and causes
- Cluster headaches
- CML treatment milestones
- CMML (chronic myelomonocytic leukaemia): symptoms, diagnosis and treatment
- CMT subtypes explained
- CNS vascular malformations
- Coal workers' pneumoconiosis: causes, symptoms and support
- Coarctation of the aorta
- Coarctation repaired adults
- Cocaine addiction help
- Cocaine use disorder: effects, risks, dependence and getting help in the UK
- Coccidioidomycosis (Valley fever): an imported fungal infection explained
- Coccyx pain (tailbone pain): causes, treatment and how long it lasts
- Coeliac disease (celiac disease): symptoms, testing and the gluten-free diet
- Coeliac refractory disease
- Coeliac testing in children
- Coeliac vs gluten sensitivity
- Coenzyme Q10 and statins: does CoQ10 help statin muscle aches?
- Cogan’s syndrome: eye and inner ear inflammation explained
- COL gene disorders
- Cold agglutinin disease: symptoms, causes, diagnosis and treatment
- Cold hands and feet: causes, what helps and when to see a GP
- Cold sores: symptoms, treatment, how long they last and how to stop them spreading
- Cold urticaria: symptoms, triggers, safety and treatment
- Cold, flu, COVID-19 or RSV: telling common respiratory viruses apart
- Colic in babies: what it is, symptoms, how long it lasts and what helps
- Collateral ligament reconstruction of the knee: when it is needed and what to expect
- Colloid milium
- Coloboma in adults
- Colon polyps
- Colorectal cancer: symptoms, tests and treatment
- Colostomy: why it is done, how it is created and life afterwards
- Colour blindness
- Colour vision changes
- Coma: what it is, what causes it, how long it lasts and what happens next
- Coming off antidepressants: tapering, withdrawal symptoms and support
- Coming off GLP-1s
- Common cold in babies
- Common cold: symptoms, how long it lasts and what helps
- Common variable immunodeficiency (CVID): recurrent infections, diagnosis and treatment
- Common variable immunodeficiency gut
- Common warts (verruca vulgaris)
- Community-acquired pneumonia: what it is, treatment and how long it takes to recover
- Compartment syndrome: symptoms, causes and emergency treatment
- Compassionate access schemes
- Complement deficiencies
- Complement testing in aHUS
- Complete (third-degree) heart block: symptoms, emergency signs and pacemaker treatment
- Complex PTSD (C-PTSD): symptoms, causes and treatment
- Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS)
- Complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS): symptoms, causes and treatment
- Complicated grief and prolonged grief disorder
- Complications after a heart attack: what can happen and how recovery works
- Complications of weight loss (bariatric) surgery: what can go wrong and when to get help
- Compulsive gambling
- Compulsive Sexual Behaviour Disorder (CSBD)
- Concussion: symptoms, treatment, recovery time and when to get help
- Conductive hearing loss: causes, assessment and treatment
- Cone dystrophy: symptoms, diagnosis and living with it
- Cone-rod dystrophy: inherited retinal disease affecting central and night vision
- Congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH): symptoms, causes and treatment
- Congenital adrenal hyperplasia adults
- Congenital anomalies
- Congenital cataract: a cloudy lens in a baby's eye, diagnosis and treatment
- Congenital CMV infection: risks, prevention and testing
- Congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH)
- Congenital disorders of glycosylation
- Congenital dyserythropoietic anaemia
- Congenital glaucoma in babies and children: signs, tests and treatment
- Congenital hearing loss: newborn screening, causes and support
- Congenital heart defects in children
- Congenital heart disease in adults
- Congenital heart disease: symptoms, types, diagnosis and treatment
- Congenital hydrocephalus: causes, signs, shunts and outlook
- Congenital hyperinsulinism (CHI)
- Congenital hypogonadotropic hypogonadism
- Congenital lung malformations in adults
- Congenital mitral valve anomalies
- Congenital muscular dystrophies: weakness present from birth or infancy
- Congenital myasthenic syndrome
- Congenital myasthenic syndromes
- Congenital stationary night blindness
- Congenital syphilis: when syphilis passes to a baby
- Congenital TTP (inherited thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura): symptoms, diagnosis and treatment
- Conjoined twins
- Connective tissue disease-related interstitial lung disease (CTD-ILD): symptoms, tests and treatment
- Constantly blocked nose
- Constipation in children
- Constipation: symptoms, causes, treatment and how long it lasts
- Constrictive pericarditis: symptoms, diagnosis and treatment
- Contact allergies
- Contact dermatitis: treatment, causes, symptoms and how long it lasts
- Contamination OCD: fear of germs, washing compulsions and treatment
- Continuous glucose monitors (CGM): how they work and who can get one on the NHS
- Contraception side effects: what to expect from implants, injections and pills
- Contrast-associated acute kidney injury after scans
- Convergence insufficiency: symptoms, causes and eye exercises
- Conversion disorder (functional neurological disorder): symptoms and treatment
- COPD
- COPD (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease)
- COPD (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease): symptoms, causes and treatment
- COPD flare-ups (exacerbations): recognising them and what to do
- Cording (axillary web syndrome) after breast surgery: symptoms and what helps
- Corneal abrasion (scratched eye): symptoms, treatment and healing time
- Corneal cross-linking for keratoconus: what the procedure involves
- Corneal Dystrophy
- Corneal scarring: causes, urgent warning signs and treatment options
- Corneal ulcer: symptoms, causes, treatment and when to get urgent help
- Cornelia de Lange syndrome: milder presentations, diagnosis and support
- Corns and calluses
- Coronary artery anomalies: types, symptoms, tests and treatment
- Coronary artery disease: symptoms, causes and treatment
- Coronary calcium score decision guide
- Coronary chronic total occlusion
- Coronary disease prevention
- Coronary microvascular dysfunction
- Corrosive (caustic) ingestion: what to do, hospital care and complications
- Corticobasal degeneration: symptoms, causes, treatment and life expectancy
- Cortisol and weight gain: what the evidence supports and when to be tested
- Costochondritis: symptoms, causes, treatment and how long it lasts
- Cough lasting over 8 weeks
- Cough-variant asthma
- Cough: causes, how long it lasts, treatment and when to see a GP
- Couples fertility MOT
- COVID-19 vaccination in the UK: who is offered it, side effects and safety
- COVID-19: symptoms, how long it lasts, what to do and treatment
- Cow's milk allergy: symptoms, diagnosis and management in babies and children
- Cowden syndrome
- Coxsackievirus infection: hand, foot and mouth disease and related illness
- CPAP alternatives for sleep apnoea
- CPEO and Kearns-Sayre
- CPVT (catecholaminergic polymorphic ventricular tachycardia): symptoms, tests and treatment
- Crack cocaine addiction: effects, risks and getting help in the UK
- Cracked heels: causes, treatment and when to see a podiatrist
- Cradle cap: how to treat it, causes and how long it lasts
- Cramp-fasciculation syndrome: muscle twitching and cramps explained
- Craniocervical instability: what it is, how it is assessed and what the evidence says
- Craniopharyngioma
- Craniosynostosis: what it is, symptoms, causes and treatment
- Creatine for Muscle
- Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD)
- Crigler-Najjar syndrome: causes, types, treatment and outlook
- Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever (CCHF)
- CRMO in adults
- Crohn's disease: symptoms, diagnosis, treatment and living with it
- Cronkhite-Canada awareness
- Croup in children: symptoms, is it contagious, treatment and how long it lasts
- CRPS (Complex Regional Pain Syndrome)
- Cryoglobulinaemia
- Cryotherapy for skin lesions
- Cryptococcal meningitis: a fungal infection of the brain lining
- Cryptosporidiosis: symptoms, spread, treatment and prevention in the UK
- CSF leak: symptoms, causes, tests and treatment
- CTEPH (chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension): symptoms, diagnosis and treatment
- CTLA-4 haploinsufficiency
- Cubital tunnel syndrome: symptoms, treatment and surgery
- Cushing
- Cushing’s syndrome
- Cushing’s syndrome patient guide
- Cushing's syndrome: symptoms, causes, diagnosis and treatment
- Cutaneous B-cell lymphoma
- Cutaneous larva migrans (creeping eruption)
- Cutaneous Leishmaniasis
- Cutaneous lupus: discoid and subacute skin lupus, triggers, treatment and sun protection
- Cutaneous mastocytosis in adults
- Cutaneous melanoma: signs, diagnosis and treatment
- Cutaneous metastases: cancer that has spread to the skin
- Cutaneous small-vessel vasculitis
- Cutaneous T-cell lymphoma
- Cutaneous vasculitis: the workup
- Cutis laxa: loose skin, inheritance, organ involvement and care
- CVID
- CVID deep dive
- CVID immunoglobulin therapy
- Cyanide poisoning: sources, symptoms and why it is an emergency
- Cycle tracking for symptoms
- Cyclic neutropenia: a rare cycling drop in white blood cells
- Cyclical Cushing
- Cyclical vomiting syndrome: symptoms, triggers, treatment and what to do in an episode
- Cyclospora infection (cyclosporiasis): symptoms, diagnosis and travel advice
- Cyclothymia: symptoms, treatment and how it differs from bipolar disorder
- Cystic fibrosis diagnosed in adulthood
- Cystic fibrosis: what it is, symptoms, causes, diagnosis and treatment
- Cysticercosis and neurocysticercosis: pork tapeworm larvae in the body
- Cystinosis in adults
- Cystinuria and kidney stones
- Cystitis (bladder infection): symptoms, treatment and prevention
- Cystitis: treatment, symptoms, causes and how long it lasts
- Cystocele (bladder prolapse): symptoms, causes, treatment and exercises
- Cystoscopy: what to expect
- Cytomegalovirus (CMV)
- Cytomegalovirus (CMV): symptoms, pregnancy risks and treatment