Health conditions: H
287 guides
- H. pylori infection
- H. pylori: symptoms, tests and treatment for Helicobacter pylori infection
- HAE attack management
- Haemangioblastoma
- Haemangioma (strawberry mark): what it is, how long it lasts and how it is treated
- Haematuria (blood in urine): causes, tests and when to get help
- Haemochromatosis
- Haemochromatosis: symptoms, causes, diet and treatment
- Haemoglobin variants on testing
- Haemolytic anaemia
- Haemolytic uraemic syndrome (HUS): causes, symptoms and treatment
- Haemophilia (hemophilia): what it is, symptoms, causes and treatment
- Haemophilia A and B adults
- Haemophilia carriers bleeding
- Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib) infection
- Haemoptysis (coughing blood)
- Haemoptysis (coughing up blood)
- Haemothorax (blood in the chest cavity): causes, symptoms and chest drain treatment
- Haglund’s deformity
- Hailey-Hailey disease
- Hair loss (alopecia)
- Hair loss after illness
- Hair loss in women: causes, treatment and when to see a GP
- Hair pulling disorder
- Hair transplant decision guide
- Hairy cell leukaemia
- Halitosis (bad breath): causes, self-care and when to see a dentist
- Hallucinogen Persisting Perception Disorder (HPPD)
- Hallucinogen Use Disorder (LSD, Psilocybin)
- Hallux rigidus: symptoms, treatment and when surgery is considered
- Hammer toe: causes, treatment and when surgery is considered
- Hammertoe and mallet toe
- Hamstring injury: symptoms, treatment and how long it takes to heal
- Hand and wrist manual therapies
- Hand and wrist osteoarthritis
- Hand and wrist splinting
- Hand arthritis
- Hand eczema and occupational hand dermatitis: causes, protection and treatment
- Hand fractures
- Hand injuries
- Hand osteoarthritis: finger and thumb joint pain, nodes and treatment
- Hand tendon repair: recovery, splinting, exercises and what to expect
- Hand, foot and mouth disease: symptoms, how long it lasts and how it spreads
- Hangovers
- Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome
- Hardware pain after fixation
- Harlequin syndrome
- Harm OCD: intrusive thoughts about causing harm and how OCD is treated
- Hashimoto's thyroiditis and underactive thyroid: symptoms, tests and levothyroxine
- Hashimoto's thyroiditis: symptoms and treatment
- Hawthorn for heart failure: what trials show and what to know
- Hay fever: symptoms, treatment, how long it lasts and what helps
- HCM gene-positive phenotype-negative
- Head and neck cancer
- Head and neck cancer: warning signs
- Head and neck cancers
- Head injury: when a scan is needed
- Head lice (pediculosis capitis): detection, treatment and myths
- Head lice and nits: how to spot them and get rid of them
- Head lice: how to get rid of them, symptoms and what does not work
- Head pressure sensation
- Headache syndromes
- Headaches in children
- Headaches in children when to scan
- Headaches: causes, treatment, headaches in pregnancy and children, and when to get help
- Health anxiety: symptoms, causes and what helps
- Hearing aid advice and fitting
- Hearing aid options
- Hearing loss
- Hearing loss after head injury
- Hearing loss management
- Heart arrhythmia: symptoms, types, causes and treatment
- Heart attack in younger adults (under 45): causes, symptoms and recovery
- Heart attack warning signs
- Heart block: symptoms, types, causes and treatment
- Heart disease in pregnancy: congenital and acquired conditions
- Heart disease: symptoms, types, causes and treatment
- Heart failure
- Heart failure with mildly reduced ejection fraction (HFmrEF)
- Heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF): what it means and how it is managed
- Heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF): causes, treatment and devices
- Heart failure: symptoms, causes, treatment and living with it
- Heart murmur in a child
- Heart murmur in adults
- Heart murmurs
- Heart palpitations: causes, what they feel like and when to worry
- Heart rate variability questions
- Heart rhythm problems
- Heat cramps: muscle cramps in hot weather and when they signal heat exhaustion
- Heat exhaustion: symptoms, how long it lasts and what to do
- Heat rash (prickly heat): symptoms, treatment and how long it lasts
- Heatstroke: recognising it, emergency first aid and prevention
- Heavy menstrual bleeding
- Heavy periods (menorrhagia): causes, tests and treatment
- Heavy periods: causes, treatment and when to see a GP
- Heel pain: causes, treatment and when to see a doctor
- Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori): symptoms, testing and treatment
- HELLP syndrome: symptoms, treatment and what it means in pregnancy
- Hemicrania continua: symptoms, diagnosis and indometacin treatment
- Hemifacial spasm
- Hemifacial spasm deep dive
- Hemiplegic migraine: symptoms, causes and treatment
- Henoch-Schönlein purpura (IgA vasculitis): symptoms, causes and recovery
- Heparin-induced thrombocytopenia
- Hepatic encephalopathy: what it is, symptoms, causes, treatment and driving
- Hepatitis A vaccination: who needs it, doses and how long it lasts
- Hepatitis A: symptoms, how it spreads, treatment and vaccine
- Hepatitis B
- Hepatitis B and C
- Hepatitis B vaccination: who needs it, doses and side effects in the UK
- Hepatitis B: symptoms, vaccination, testing and long-term care
- Hepatitis C: symptoms, what it is, treatment and how it spreads
- Hepatitis D: how it relates to hepatitis B, risks and treatment
- Hepatitis E: symptoms, how it is caught, risks and recovery
- Hepatobiliary disease
- Hepatoblastoma - patient and family guide
- Hepatoblastoma: childhood liver cancer, symptoms, diagnosis and treatment
- Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC): risks, surveillance, symptoms and treatment
- Hepatopulmonary syndrome
- HER2-positive breast cancer: testing, results and targeted treatment
- Hereditary alpha-tryptasaemia
- Hereditary angioedema
- Hereditary angioedema
- Hereditary angioedema: symptoms, attacks and treatment in the UK
- Hereditary ATTR amyloidosis
- Hereditary coproporphyria
- Hereditary fructose intolerance
- Hereditary haemorrhagic telangiectasia
- Hereditary haemorrhagic telangiectasia (HHT)
- Hereditary hyperferritinaemia cataract
- Hereditary leiomyomatosis (HLRCC)
- Hereditary neuropathy with pressure palsies
- Hereditary pancreatitis
- Hereditary phaeochromocytoma syndromes
- Hereditary spastic paraplegia (HSP): stiff legs, genes and management
- Hereditary spherocytosis: symptoms, diagnosis and treatment
- Hereditary tyrosinaemia: screening and treatment
- Hermansky-Pudlak syndrome
- Hernia in men decision guide
- Herniated (slipped) disc
- Herniated (slipped) disc: symptoms, treatment and recovery
- Heroin addiction: what dependence looks like and how treatment works in the UK
- Herpes diagnosis and management
- Herpes simplex keratitis (eye herpes): symptoms, treatment and recurrence
- Herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1): cold sores and what to know
- Herpes simplex virus type 2 (HSV-2): genital herpes explained
- Herpetic anterior uveitis: eye inflammation linked to herpes viruses
- Hexavalent Chromium Toxicity
- HHT lung and brain screening
- Hiatus (hiatal) hernia: symptoms, reflux and treatment
- Hiatus hernia: symptoms, treatment, diet and when surgery is needed
- Hiccups: causes, how to stop them and when to see a GP
- Hidradenitis suppurativa (HS): a patient guide to symptoms, flares and treatment
- Hidradenitis suppurativa (HS): symptoms, treatment and self-care
- Hidradenitis suppurativa: a deep dive
- High arches (pes cavus)
- High blood pressure
- High blood pressure in older adults: targets, treatment and safety
- High cholesterol
- High cholesterol: symptoms, causes, diet and treatment
- High myopia risks
- High platelets causes
- High prolactin causes
- High uric acid without gout
- High white cells causes
- High-functioning anxiety
- High-grade prostate cancer: Gleason score 8 to 10, Grade Groups and treatment
- High-grade serous ovarian cancer
- High-output heart failure
- High-risk pregnancy: consultant-led care
- Hilar cholangiocarcinoma
- Hip and groin pain
- Hip and groin pain injuries in sport
- Hip arthritis
- Hip clicks in babies
- Hip complications
- Hip dislocation
- Hip dysplasia: symptoms, causes and treatment in babies and adults
- Hip flexor strain
- Hip fracture
- Hip impingement (FAI): symptoms, causes and treatment
- Hip osteoarthritis
- Hip osteoarthritis: symptoms, treatment and hip replacement
- Hip pain at night: why it disturbs sleep and what can help
- Hip pain in adults: causes, treatment and when to see a doctor
- Hip pain when walking: causes, what it means and when to get it checked
- Hip replacement recovery timeline: week by week and what to avoid
- Hip resurfacing
- Hirschsprung adults
- Hirschsprung disease
- Hirsutism: causes, tests and treatment for excess facial and body hair in women
- Histiocytosis adults (LCH)
- Histopathology: what it is, how tissue samples are examined and when you get results
- Histoplasmosis: a fungal lung infection seen in travellers
- Histrionic personality disorder: symptoms, causes and treatment
- HIV and AIDS: symptoms, testing, treatment and prevention
- HIV in pregnancy: treatment, birth and protecting your baby
- HIV testing options: clinic, home self-test and postal tests explained
- Hoarding disorder: signs, causes, risks and treatment
- Hoarse voice
- Hodgkin and non-Hodgkin lymphoma
- Hodgkin lymphoma
- Hodgkin lymphoma guide
- Hodgkin lymphoma: symptoms, diagnosis and treatment
- HoLEP vs TURP
- Home blood pressure monitoring
- Home sleep study guide
- Home STI kits vs clinic
- Homeopathy: what the evidence shows and the NHS position
- Homocystinuria
- Homozygous familial hypercholesterolaemia (HoFH): causes, diagnosis and treatment
- Hookworm infection: symptoms, how it is caught and how it is treated
- Hormonal acne in women
- Hormonal acne: causes, PCOS links and treatment options in the UK
- Hormone MOT explained
- Hormone receptor-positive breast cancer: what it means and how it is treated
- Hormone therapies
- Horner syndrome: symptoms, causes, tests and what happens next
- Horseshoe kidney
- Hospital-acquired pneumonia: causes, diagnosis and treatment in the UK
- Hot flushes: causes, how long they last and what helps
- HPV & abnormal smear
- HPV explained
- HPV vaccination: who is offered it, doses and what it protects against
- HRT options explained
- HTLV-1 infection
- Hughes syndrome (antiphospholipid syndrome)
- Human metapneumovirus (hMPV): symptoms, who is at risk and what helps
- Huntington
- Huntington
- Huntington
- Hürthle cell cancer
- Hyaluronic acid joint injections: what NICE advises for osteoarthritis
- Hydrocele: symptoms, causes, treatment and when to see a doctor
- Hydrocephalus: symptoms, causes and treatment
- Hydronephrosis: symptoms, causes, treatment and in pregnancy
- Hyper-IgE syndrome
- Hyper-IgM syndromes
- Hyperacusis: noise sensitivity, causes and treatment
- Hyperadrenergic POTS
- Hyperaldosteronism (Conn syndrome)
- Hypercalcaemia (high calcium): symptoms, causes and treatment
- Hyperemesis gravidarum: symptoms, causes and treatment
- Hypereosinophilic syndrome (HES)
- Hyperglycaemia (high blood sugar): symptoms, causes and what to do
- Hyperhidrosis (excessive sweating): treatment, causes and symptoms
- Hypermobile EDS (hEDS)
- Hypermobile EDS: the genetics status
- Hypermobility and neurodivergence
- Hypermobility spectrum disorder (HSD): symptoms, diagnosis and treatment
- Hypermobility vs hEDS
- Hypermobility: symptoms, causes, assessment and management
- Hyperoxaluria
- Hyperparathyroidism deep dive
- Hyperparathyroidism: symptoms, causes, tests and treatment
- Hyperpigmentation: what it is, causes, treatment and sun protection
- Hypersensitivity pneumonitis
- Hypersensitivity pneumonitis
- Hypersomnia: excessive sleepiness, causes, symptoms and treatment
- Hypertension (high blood pressure): readings, symptoms and treatment
- Hypertension in young adults
- Hypertensive crisis: symptoms, when it is an emergency and how it is treated
- Hypertensive nephropathy: how high blood pressure damages the kidneys
- Hyperthyroidism (overactive thyroid): symptoms, causes and treatment
- Hypertrichosis: what it is, causes and hair removal options
- Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
- Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy deep dive
- Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy: symptoms, diagnosis and treatment
- Hypertrophic scars: why they raise, how long they last and treatment options
- Hyperventilation syndrome
- Hypnic headache
- Hypochondroplasia
- Hypoglycaemia (low blood sugar): symptoms, causes and what to do
- Hypomania: signs, how it relates to bipolar disorder and what helps
- Hyponatraemia (low sodium): symptoms, causes and treatment
- Hypoparathyroidism guide
- Hypoparathyroidism: symptoms, causes, treatment and living with it
- Hypopharyngeal cancer: symptoms, diagnosis and treatment in the UK
- Hypophosphatasia in adults
- Hypophosphatasia: a deep dive
- Hypophysitis
- Hypopituitarism
- Hypoplastic left heart syndrome
- Hypospadias: what it is, causes, surgery and recovery
- Hypothermia: symptoms, causes and what to do in an emergency
- Hypovolaemic shock: shock caused by blood or fluid loss
- Hysteroscopy: what it is, why it is done and what to expect