Health conditions: R

146 guides

• Rabies: symptoms, how it spreads, treatment and prevention
• Racing heart at night: causes, when it is harmless and when to get help
• Radial nerve palsy (wrist drop): causes, symptoms, recovery and treatment
• Radiation burn: radiotherapy skin reactions, care and recovery
• Radiation enteritis: bowel effects of radiotherapy
• Radiation pneumonitis after chest radiotherapy
• Radiation sickness: causes, symptoms and care
• Radical hysterectomy and radical trachelectomy
• Radon exposure: health risks, lung cancer and what to do in UK homes
• Raised ESR unexplained
• Raised liver enzymes: what abnormal liver blood tests mean and what happens next
• Raised Lp(a)
• Raised lymphocytes
• Raised PSA result: what it means and what usually happens next
• Ramsay Hunt syndrome: symptoms, treatment and recovery
• Rapid access breast clinics (symptomatic)
• Rapid cycling bipolar disorder: what it means, symptoms and management
• Rare cancer second-opinion pathways
• Rare GI diagnosis pathway UK
• Rare types of Ehlers-Danlos syndrome
• RASopathies
• Rat-bite fever: symptoms, diagnosis and treatment
• Raynaud
• Raynaud's phenomenon: symptoms and treatment
• Reactive arthritis: symptoms, treatment, how long it lasts and in children
• Reactive attachment disorder in children
• Reactive hypoglycaemia vs insulinoma
• Reactive hypoglycaemia: low blood sugar after eating, symptoms and management
• Rectal cancer: symptoms, tests, treatment and what happens next
• Rectal prolapse: symptoms, causes, treatment and surgery
• Rectocele (bowel prolapse): symptoms, causes and treatment
• Rectovaginal fistula: causes and treatment
• Recurrent boils and abscesses workup
• Recurrent BV and partners
• Recurrent chest infections in adults: causes, tests and when to seek help
• Recurrent corneal erosion: causes, symptoms and treatment
• Recurrent croup: why it keeps coming back and what to do
• Recurrent DVT investigations
• Recurrent ear infections in adults
• Recurrent erythema multiforme
• Recurrent fevers in children
• Recurrent infections in adults
• Recurrent kidney stones: why they come back and how to prevent them
• Recurrent miscarriage: causes, tests and the outlook for another pregnancy
• Recurrent pneumonia workup
• Recurrent pyelonephritis
• Recurrent shingles workup
• Recurrent sinus infections: why they keep coming back and what to do
• Recurrent sleep paralysis: why it happens and how to reduce it
• Recurrent spontaneous pneumothorax
• Recurrent styes: why they keep coming back and what helps
• Recurrent thrush: why it keeps coming back and what helps
• Recurrent tonsillitis in children
• Recurrent tonsillitis: why it keeps coming back and when surgery is considered
• Recurrent tummy aches
• Recurrent urinary tract infections: causes, prevention and treatment
• Recurrent UTIs in children
• Red clover for menopause symptoms: what the NHS says
• Red eye when to worry
• Reduced fetal movements: what to do and what happens at the maternity unit
• Reflux cough: how acid reflux causes a chronic cough and what helps
• Reflux in babies: symptoms, what helps and when to worry
• Reflux nephropathy: kidney scarring linked to urine reflux
• Reflux vs heart pain
• Refractory chronic cough: why it persists and how it is assessed
• Refsum disease
• Rehabilitation after amputation: recovery, prosthetic limbs and aftercare
• Relapsing polychondritis and the airway
• Relapsing polychondritis: symptoms, diagnosis and treatment
• Relapsing remitting MS: relapses, remission, treatment and what to expect
• REM sleep behaviour disorder: acting out dreams, causes, safety and treatment
• Remitting seronegative arthritis
• Remitting Seronegative Symmetrical Synovitis with Pitting Edema (RS3PE)
• Renal angiomyolipoma found on a scan: what it is and what happens next
• Renal artery fibromuscular dysplasia
• Renal artery stenosis: symptoms, causes, tests and treatment in the UK
• Renal cell carcinoma: kidney cancer symptoms, tests and treatment in the UK
• Renal Fanconi syndrome
• Renal rare tumours (chromophobe, papillary)
• Renal tubular acidosis types: distal, proximal and hyperkalaemic explained
• Repetitive strain injury (RSI): symptoms, causes and treatment
• Reproductive options after a genetic diagnosis
• Residual limb (stump) pain after amputation
• Resistance to thyroid hormone
• Resistant hypertension: when blood pressure stays high despite treatment
• Resistant iron deficiency in EDS
• Respiratory infections: symptoms, how long they last and when to get help
• Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV): symptoms, who is at risk and vaccination in the UK
• Respiratory Viral Coinfection
• Restless genital syndrome: what it is, how it relates to PGAD and what helps
• Restless legs syndrome: symptoms, causes and treatment
• Restrictive cardiomyopathy: a rare stiff-heart condition, symptoms and care
• Retained placenta and manual removal: causes, treatment and recovery
• Retained tampon or vaginal foreign body in girls
• Retinal artery occlusion in younger adults
• Retinal detachment: symptoms, causes, surgery and recovery
• Retinal diseases: types, symptoms and treatment
• Retinal tear: warning signs, laser treatment and preventing detachment
• Retinal vein occlusion: sudden painless vision loss, causes and treatment
• Retinitis pigmentosa
• Retinoblastoma: signs, diagnosis, treatment and outlook
• Retractile testicle: what it is and what to expect
• Retrograde cricopharyngeus dysfunction (R-CPD)
• Retrograde ejaculation: causes and treatment
• Retroperitoneal fibrosis and the kidneys
• Retroperitoneal fibrosis: symptoms, causes, diagnosis and treatment
• Rett syndrome: symptoms, stages, causes and care
• Return to sport after ACL
• Reverse shoulder replacement: who it is for, risks and recovery
• Reversible cerebral vasoconstriction syndrome (RCVS): symptoms, treatment and recovery
• Revision hip replacement: why it is needed, risks and recovery
• Reye's syndrome: symptoms, causes and prevention
• Rezum and UroLift for an enlarged prostate: options and how to choose
• Rhabdomyosarcoma in children: symptoms, diagnosis and treatment
• Rhesus disease and anti-D in pregnancy
• Rheumatic fever: symptoms, treatment and outlook
• Rheumatic heart disease: causes, symptoms and care in the UK
• Rheumatoid arthritis: symptoms, diagnosis, treatment and living with it
• Rhodiola for fatigue: what is claimed, what is known and the risks
• Rib pain: causes, rib pain in pregnancy and when to get help
• Ricin Poisoning (Castor Bean)
• Rickets: symptoms, causes and treatment in children
• Riedel
• Rift Valley fever: a mosquito-borne and livestock-linked virus
• Ringworm on the body: symptoms and treatment
• Ringworm: symptoms, treatment and how it spreads
• Rituximab hypogammaglobulinaemia
• Robotic-assisted surgery: what it is, benefits, risks and what to ask
• Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever
• Rosacea: a patient guide to symptoms, triggers and treatment in the UK
• Rosacea: symptoms, treatment, triggers and when to see a GP
• Roseola: symptoms, how long it lasts and what to do
• Rotator cuff injury: symptoms, treatment and recovery
• Rotator cuff tear: symptoms, treatment and recovery
• Rotavirus: symptoms, how long it lasts and the baby vaccine
• Rotor and Dubin-Johnson syndromes
• Roundworm (Ascaris) infection: symptoms, causes and treatment in the UK
• RS3PE syndrome: swollen hands and feet with sudden arthritis in older adults
• RSV vaccine in the UK: pregnancy and older adults
• Rubella (German measles): symptoms, pregnancy risks and vaccination
• Rumination syndrome: what it is, symptoms and breathing treatment
• Runner's knee: symptoms, treatment and how long it takes to recover
• Running injuries: common causes and prevention
• Ruptured eardrum: symptoms, healing and treatment
• Ruptured ovarian cyst: symptoms, when to get help and what happens next
• Ruptured spleen: symptoms, treatment and recovery