Health conditions: M

283 guides

• MAC lung disease: treatment decisions
• Macroprolactin confusion
• Macular degeneration (AMD): symptoms, treatment, causes and outlook
• Macular degeneration patient guide
• Macular hole: symptoms, vitrectomy surgery and recovery
• Macular telangiectasia type 2
• Madelung
• Maffucci syndrome
• Magnesium deficiency: symptoms, causes, tests and treatment
• Magnesium supplements and high blood pressure: what the guidance says
• Mal de débarquement syndrome
• Malaria (Plasmodium falciparum): symptoms, prevention and urgent treatment
• Malaria: symptoms, causes, treatment and prevention for travellers
• Male breast cancer
• Male breast pain
• Male depression signs
• Male fertility MOT
• Male genital pain
• Male genital skin conditions
• Male hypogonadism: low testosterone symptoms, causes, tests and treatment
• Male incontinence solutions
• Male infertility
• Male menopause questions
• Male osteoporosis
• Male osteoporosis: a deep dive
• Male pattern baldness: causes, treatments and what the evidence says
• Male STIs
• Malignant (necrotising) otitis externa: a serious ear infection explained
• Malignant hyperthermia: what it is, causes, treatment and testing
• Malignant mesothelioma
• Malignant Peripheral Nerve Sheath Tumors
• Mallory-Weiss tear: symptoms, causes, treatment and recovery
• Malnutrition in older people: signs, causes and what helps
• MALT Lymphoma
• Mammary Duct Ectasia
• Mandibular advancement devices
• Mantle cell lymphoma: symptoms, diagnosis, treatment and outlook
• Maple syrup urine disease (MSUD): symptoms, newborn screening, diet and treatment
• Marburg virus: symptoms, how it spreads and what happens in the UK
• Marfan aortic surveillance
• Marfan syndrome and pregnancy
• Marfan syndrome genetics
• Marfan syndrome in childhood and the teenage years
• Marfan syndrome: what it is, symptoms, diagnosis and treatment
• Marginal zone lymphoma: types, symptoms, diagnosis and treatment
• Masked hypertension: normal readings in clinic but high blood pressure elsewhere
• Mast cell activation questions
• Mastitis outside breastfeeding
• Mastitis: symptoms, treatment, causes and what to do while breastfeeding
• Mastocytic enterocolitis
• Maternal PKU: phenylketonuria and pregnancy
• May-Hegglin and MYH9
• May-Thurner syndrome
• Mayer-Rokitansky-Kuster-Hauser (MRKH) syndrome
• MBL deficiency debate
• MCAD deficiency
• MCAD deficiency in adults
• McArdle disease
• McArdle disease (glycogen storage disease type 5): symptoms, diagnosis and exercise
• MCAS diagnosis controversy
• MCAS treatment ladder
• McCune-Albright syndrome
• MCL sprain: symptoms, grades, recovery time and rehabilitation
• MDMA (ecstasy) toxicity: effects, dangers and emergency signs
• MDS risk scores
• ME/CFS (myalgic encephalomyelitis)
• ME/CFS chronic fatigue
• Measles contact: what to do after exposure in the UK
• Measles: symptoms, rash, how long it lasts and how to prevent it
• Mechanical Ventilation (Acute)
• Meckel diverticulum adults
• Median arcuate ligament deep dive
• Median arcuate ligament syndrome
• Median arcuate ligament syndrome (MALS)
• Medical cannabis for pain in the UK: what the NHS and NICE say
• Medication Overuse Headache
• Medication Side Effects
• Medication weight gain
• Medication-Induced Anxiety
• Medication-induced depression: when a medicine affects your mood
• Meditation and mindfulness for stress and anxiety: what the NHS says
• Medullary sponge kidney
• Medullary thyroid cancer
• Medulloblastoma: a childhood brain tumour of the cerebellum explained
• Megacolon idiopathic
• Megaureter in adults
• Meibomian gland dysfunction: symptoms, treatment and how long it lasts
• Melanoma in situ (stage 0 melanoma): what it means and how it is treated
• Melanoma warning signs
• Melanoma: signs, diagnosis and treatment
• MELAS syndrome: symptoms, diagnosis and care in the UK
• Melasma: treatment, causes and what helps
• Melioidosis (Burkholderia pseudomallei infection)
• Melorheostosis
• Membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis (MPGN): a rare kidney filter disease
• Membranous nephropathy: symptoms, tests and treatment in the UK
• Memory loss
• Memory problems: when to worry
• MEN1 (Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia Type 1)
• MEN1 syndrome
• MEN2 (Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia Type 2)
• MEN2 syndrome
• Ménière
• Ménière's disease: vertigo, hearing loss, tinnitus and management
• Meningioma management options
• Meningioma: symptoms, causes, grades and treatment
• Meningitis: symptoms, causes, treatment and when to call 999
• Meningococcal septicaemia (meningococcaemia): signs, emergency care and prevention
• Meningococcal vaccination in the UK: MenB, MenACWY and who is offered them
• Meniscal tear: symptoms, recovery and when surgery is needed
• Meniscus tear (torn knee cartilage): symptoms, treatment and recovery
• Menkes disease and copper disorders
• Menopause and perimenopause: symptoms, treatment options and when to see a GP
• Menopause and sleep: night sweats, insomnia and ways to sleep better
• Menopause brain fog: memory, concentration and what can help
• Menopause joint pain: aches, stiffness and what to do about them
• Menopause mood changes: low mood, anxiety and irritability explained
• Menstrual Cramps
• Menstrual migraine: attacks linked to your period and how they are treated
• Mental health and learning disability: signs, assessment and support in the UK
• Mental illness: what it is, types, symptoms and where to get help in the UK
• Meralgia paraesthetica: numbness and burning in the outer thigh
• Meralgia paraesthetica: symptoms, causes and treatment
• Mercury poisoning: sources, symptoms and what to do after exposure
• Merkel cell carcinoma: symptoms, diagnosis and treatment
• MERRF Syndrome
• Mesenteric Ischaemia
• Mesenteric Lymphadenitis
• Mesothelioma: what it is, symptoms, asbestos causes, diagnosis and treatment
• Metabolic emergencies and sick-day rules in inherited metabolic disease
• Metabolic syndrome: what it is, symptoms, causes and treatment
• Metachromatic Leukodystrophy
• Metal fume fever: symptoms, causes and prevention for welders and metalworkers
• Metastatic (advanced) prostate cancer: symptoms, treatment and living with it
• Metastatic brain tumour
• Metastatic spinal cord compression: warning signs, emergency action and treatment
• Metatarsal stress fracture
• Metatarsalgia (pain in the ball of the foot): causes, treatment and when to see a GP
• Methaemoglobinaemia
• Methamphetamine dependence (crystal meth): effects, risks and getting help in the UK
• Methamphetamine psychosis: symptoms, risks and getting help in the UK
• Methanol poisoning: symptoms, treatment and what to do
• Methotrexate and trimethoprim: why this antibiotic combination is avoided
• Methylmalonic acidaemia (MMA): symptoms, diagnosis and management
• Methylphenidate misuse: risks, warning signs and getting help
• MEWDS (multiple evanescent white dot syndrome): symptoms, diagnosis and recovery
• MGUS: symptoms, what it means and how it is monitored
• Microcephaly: what it is, causes and what it can mean for a child
• Microscopic colitis: symptoms, treatment and diagnosis
• Microscopic polyangiitis (MPA): symptoms, diagnosis and treatment
• Microsporidial Infection
• Middle Ear Myoclonus
• Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS): symptoms, risk and travel advice
• Midfoot arthritis
• Migraine and hormones: periods, contraception, pregnancy and menopause
• Migraine with aura: symptoms, causes and treatment
• Migraine without aura: the most common type, and how to manage it
• Migraine: symptoms, treatment, triggers and when to get help
• Mild cognitive impairment (MCI): symptoms, causes, treatment and outlook
• Mild head injury and concussion: when to get help and how to recover
• Milia: what they are, how to treat them, causes and how long they last
• Military and first-responder PTSD
• Milk allergy vs intolerance
• Milk thistle and the liver: evidence, safety and what to ask first
• Miller Fisher syndrome: symptoms, diagnosis, treatment and recovery
• Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT) for depression: what it involves and who it helps
• Minimal change disease in adults
• Minimal change disease: the most common cause of nephrotic syndrome in children
• Miscarriage: symptoms, causes, what happens and recovery
• Misophonia: what it is, symptoms and treatment
• Missed periods: common causes, when to see a GP and what tests involve
• Mitochondrial disease
• Mitochondrial disease neuro signs
• Mitochondrial disease testing pathway UK
• Mitral regurgitation: symptoms, causes, tests and treatment
• Mitral stenosis: causes, symptoms, monitoring and treatment
• Mitral valve prolapse: symptoms, causes, treatment and follow-up
• Mitral Valve Regurgitation
• Mitral Valve Stenosis
• Mittelschmerz (ovulation pain): symptoms, causes and treatment
• Mixed connective tissue disease (MCTD): symptoms, tests and treatment
• Mixed hearing loss: causes, tests and treatment options
• MMR and MMRV vaccination: who is offered it, doses and side effects
• MMRV vaccine for UK children: schedule by birth date and what changed
• MNGIE (mitochondrial neurogastrointestinal encephalomyopathy): symptoms, diagnosis and treatment
• MODY diabetes (maturity onset diabetes of the young): causes, types and testing
• MODY genetic testing
• MOGAD
• Molar pregnancy: what it is, symptoms, treatment and follow-up
• Mole changes to check: when a mole needs a GP and what happens next
• Mole mapping explained
• Moles: normal changes, warning signs of melanoma and removal
• Molluscum contagiosum: symptoms, treatment and how long it lasts
• Molybdenum cofactor deficiency
• Monilethrix: beaded, fragile hair explained
• Monoclonal gammopathy (MGUS)
• Mononucleosis (glandular fever): symptoms, causes, treatment and how long it lasts
• Mood Disorders
• Mood swings when to seek help
• Mooren's ulcer: a rare autoimmune ulcer of the cornea
• Moral injury: what it is, who it affects and where support can be found
• Morgellons: navigating a contested diagnosis
• Morning joint stiffness: what is normal and what suggests inflammatory arthritis
• Morning sickness: how long it lasts, symptoms, treatment and when to get help
• Morphea (localised scleroderma)
• Morton's neuroma: symptoms, treatment and recovery after surgery
• Mosquito bites: treatment, how long they last and when to see a doctor
• Motion sensitivity and motion sickness: causes and what helps
• Motor neurone disease (MND)
• Motor neurone disease (MND): symptoms, causes, types and treatment
• Motor neurone disease guide
• Mould and water damage in the home: health effects and what to do
• Mounjaro patient guide
• Mouth breathing: causes, effects and when to see a GP
• Mouth cancer: symptoms, causes, tests and treatment
• Movement Disorders
• Moyamoya disease: what it is, symptoms, diagnosis and treatment
• MPN monitoring guide
• MPNST in NF1
• Mpox (monkeypox): symptoms, how it spreads, vaccination and what to do
• Mpox vaccine in the UK: who is offered it and what to expect
• MRSA: what it is, symptoms, treatment and how it spreads
• MS vs anxiety: telling the symptoms apart
• Mucinous ovarian cancer
• Mucocutaneous leishmaniasis (espundia): what it is and how it is treated
• Mucopolysaccharidoses in adults
• Mucopolysaccharidosis type I (Hurler, Hurler-Scheie and Scheie syndromes)
• Mucopolysaccharidosis type II (Hunter syndrome)
• Mucopolysaccharidosis type III (Sanfilippo syndrome)
• Mucopolysaccharidosis type IV (Morquio syndrome)
• Mucormycosis: symptoms, risk factors, diagnosis and treatment
• Mucosal melanoma: a rare melanoma of the mouth, nose, anus and genital tract
• Mucus in stool: causes, when it is normal and when to see a GP
• Multi-Organ Failure
• Multidisciplinary EDS clinics
• Multifocal atrial tachycardia (MAT): causes, symptoms and treatment
• Multifocal choroiditis: symptoms, diagnosis and treatment
• Multifocal motor neuropathy: symptoms, diagnosis and immunoglobulin treatment
• Multiple hereditary exostoses (multiple osteochondromas): symptoms, genetics and care
• Multiple myeloma
• Multiple myeloma guide
• Multiple sclerosis (MS)
• Multiple sclerosis (MS): symptoms, diagnosis, types and treatment
• Multiple sclerosis in pregnancy: relapses, treatment and the postnatal months
• Multiple sclerosis: early signs
• Multiple system atrophy (MSA): symptoms, causes, diagnosis and treatment
• Mumps: symptoms, how long it lasts, is it contagious and when to get help
• Muscle cramp
• Muscle cramps at night: causes, what helps and when to see a GP
• Muscle Spasms
• Muscle strains
• Muscle Strains and Sprains
• Muscle twitching and fasciculations
• Muscular dystrophy: symptoms, types, diagnosis and treatment
• Mushroom poisoning from amatoxins (death cap): symptoms, danger and emergency care
• MUTYH-associated polyposis (MAP): inherited bowel polyps and cancer risk
• Myasthenia gravis guide
• Myasthenia gravis: symptoms, causes, tests and treatment
• Myasthenic crisis: breathing and swallowing emergencies in myasthenia gravis
• Mycobacterium avium complex (MAC) lung infection: symptoms, diagnosis and treatment
• Mycobacterium Fortuitum Infection
• Mycobacterium marinum infection (fish tank granuloma): causes and treatment
• Mycoplasma genitalium: symptoms, testing and treatment
• Mycoplasma pneumoniae: chest infection, symptoms and UK surveillance
• Mycosis fungoides: symptoms, stages, treatment and outlook
• Myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS): symptoms, diagnosis, treatment and outlook
• Myelofibrosis: symptoms, causes and treatment
• Myeloma: symptoms, tests, treatment and outlook
• Myiasis: fly larvae living in the skin or a wound
• Myocardial bridging: when a coronary artery runs through the heart muscle
• Myocarditis and Pericarditis
• Myocarditis deep dive
• Myocarditis: symptoms, causes, diagnosis, treatment and recovery
• Myoclonus: what it is, causes, myoclonic seizures and when to seek help
• Myofascial pain syndrome: trigger points, symptoms, causes and treatment
• Myopia (short-sightedness): symptoms, causes and treatment
• Myopic maculopathy: when short-sightedness damages the macula
• Myositis overview
• Myotonia congenita: Thomsen and Becker types explained
• Myotonic dystrophy type 1 (Steinert disease): a multisystem guide
• Myotonic dystrophy type 2 (DM2): proximal weakness, pain and stiffness
• Myxoedema coma awareness
• Myxofibrosarcoma