Health conditions: W

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• Waking at 3am
• Waking at night to urinate (nocturia): causes and what helps
• Waldenström’s macroglobulinaemia: symptoms, diagnosis and treatment
• Warfarin + Cimetidine Interaction
• Warfarin and anti-inflammatory painkillers (NSAIDs): why the combination needs care
• Warts and verrucas (verruca vulgaris): causes, treatment and spread
• Watery eyes (epiphora): causes, treatment and when to see a doctor
• Weaning from mechanical ventilation: coming off a breathing machine after intensive care
• Wearable ECG alerts explained
• Wegovy (semaglutide) for weight management: how it is prescribed and monitored in the UK
• Weight gain at menopause
• Weight loss (bariatric) surgery: types, eligibility and risks
• Weight loss injections compared
• Weight regain after surgery
• Wernicke’s encephalopathy: symptoms, thiamine treatment and recovery
• West Nile virus: symptoms, risk in the UK and how to avoid it
• Wet age-related macular degeneration: symptoms and eye injection treatment
• Wet AMD injections: what anti-VEGF treatment involves
• Wheat allergy: symptoms, diagnosis and how it differs from coeliac disease
• When to see a dermatologist
• When to see a haematologist privately
• When to test fertility
• When to worry about bloating
• WHIM syndrome: warts, low antibodies, infections and myelokathexis explained
• Whiplash: symptoms, treatment and how long it takes to recover
• Whipple disease: symptoms, diagnosis and treatment of this rare bacterial infection
• White dot syndromes
• White-coat hypertension: high readings in clinic, normal at home
• Whole genome sequencing: NHS vs private
• Whooping cough (pertussis): symptoms, treatment and how long it lasts
• Widespread joint pain: possible causes, tests and when to see a GP
• Williams syndrome in adults
• Williams syndrome: features, causes, diagnosis and support
• Wilms tumour (nephroblastoma): symptoms, diagnosis and treatment in children
• Wilson
• Wilson
• Wilson’s disease
• Winged scapula: causes, symptoms, tests and treatment
• Wiskott-Aldrich adults
• Withdrawal of life support: how decisions are made in the UK
• Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome: symptoms, tests and treatment
• Womb (endometrial) cancer: bleeding symptoms, tests and treatment
• Work stress and sick leave
• Wrist arthritis
• Wrist tendonitis: symptoms, causes and treatment
• Writer's cramp: task-specific hand dystonia, causes and treatment