Self Help

coldWe are keen to help patients improve on self help and hope that the following information will offer some insight into that.

Take a look and see if you can improve your own understanding of your health and well-being! Please encourage others to look here too.

Here is a list of ailments that can be safely self managed. You will see that you can take a look via the hyperlink at the other websites which can offer you further information about managing your condition.

Common ailments that can be self managed :

Acne

Self Care Forum

Back pain

NHS Choices
Self Care Forum

Cold sores

NHS Choices

Common Cold

NHS Choices
Self Care Forum

Conjunctivitis

NHS Choices

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Constipation

NHS Choices
Self Care Forum

Cough

NHS Choices
Self Care Forum

pdf Information Leaflet

Diarrhoea

NHS Choices

Dysmenorrhoea (painful periods)

NHS Choices

Earache

NHS Choices

Eczema

Self Care Forum

Fever in Children

Self Care Forum

Haemorrhoids

NHS Choices 

Hayfever

NHS Choices

Head lice

NHS Choices

Headache

NHS Choices
Self Care Forum

Heartburn & Indigestion

NHS Choices

Influenza

NHS Choices

pdf Information Leaflet

Insect bites

NHS Choices

Migraine

NHS Choices

Nappy rash

NHS Choices

Nasal congestion

NHS Choices

Otitis Media

Self Care Forum

Sore throat

NHS Choices
Self Care Forum

pdf Information Leaflet

Sinusitis

NHS Choices
Self Care Forum

Sprains and Strains

NHS Choices
Self Care Forum

Thrush

NHS Choices

Urine Symptoms in Men

Self Care Forum

Warts and Verrucas

NHS Choices

 

Physio/Musculoskeletal services

Self Refer



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