First Aid & Minor Ailments Features

Family first aid with TCP

Family first aid with TCP

Feeling run-down

Whenever I get ill, my throat glands swell. I feel tired and run down. I suffered from glandular fever 8 years ago. I know it can affect you for years, but is this normal?

Finding a local GP

I am a gypsy lady with no fixed address and recently I tried to register with a GP. I tried every surgery in the area that I am in at the moment, and beyond, but they all told me that, unless I had notes, I could not register.

Hard to swallow

Indigestion causes pain and discomfort in a third of the population. Symptoms shouldn?t be ignored

Healthy hand luggage

Imagine a long-awaited holiday ruined by a summer affliction, like hay fever or sunburn. Packing the right natural cures in your luggage will help you safeguard against holiday nasties

Home health remedies

What useful items with medicinal properties do you have lurking in the kitchen cupboards?

How to tell a headache from a migraine

Recognise the symptoms of a migraine and find appropriate treatment

How to tell thrush from cystitis

Thrush and cystitis can easily be confused, but it's important to tell the difference

Is your body trying to tell you something?

Is your body trying to tell you something? Sometimes, annoying health niggles may be your body?s way of telling you something is not quite how it should be. Dr Sarah Brewer explores 12 body signs

Itchy scalp conditions and solutions

How to deal with an itchy scalp