Health A to Z

Most health pages tell you what a condition is. Very few tell you what it is like to sit beside somebody who has one. This library does both. Search by name, or by the name you know it under.

Important: This page is general information, not medical advice, and it is not a diagnosis. If you are worried about your health or someone else's, speak to a GP, pharmacist, or call 111. In an emergency, call 999.

500 conditions, showing 371–380 (page 38 of 50).

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Pompholyx

Also called Dyshidrotic eczema, Vesicular hand eczema

Intensely itchy deep blisters on the palms, sides of fingers and soles. A form of eczema, and a common reason people cannot do their job.

Post-herpetic neuralgia

Also called PHN, Nerve pain after shingles

Pain that outlasts the shingles rash, sometimes for years. The vaccine prevents it, and early antiviral treatment reduces it.

Post-traumatic stress disorder

Also called PTSD, Complex PTSD, CPTSD

A memory that has not been filed as past. The body keeps responding as though the danger is now.

Postnatal depression

Also called Perinatal mental illness, PND, Postpartum depression

More than baby blues, and it happens to fathers and partners too. Postpartum psychosis is a different thing entirely and is an emergency.

PoTS

Also called Postural tachycardia syndrome, Postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome

The heart races on standing up. Mostly affects young women, and takes an average of several years to diagnose.

Prader-Willi syndrome

A genetic condition where the sense of fullness never arrives. Food security is a safeguarding matter, not a diet.

Pre-eclampsia

Also called Pregnancy-induced hypertension, Eclampsia

A pregnancy complication that gets dangerous quickly and often has no symptoms until it does. This is why blood pressure and urine are checked at every appointment.

Premenstrual syndrome

Also called PMS, PMDD, Premenstrual dysphoric disorder, PMT

Symptoms in the two weeks before a period. PMDD is the severe form, it is a recognised diagnosis, and it carries a real suicide risk.

Pressure ulcers

Also called Pressure sores, Bedsores, Decubitus ulcers

Skin and tissue damaged by unrelieved pressure. Mostly preventable, and a reliable indicator of how good the care is.

Primary biliary cholangitis

Also called PBC, Primary biliary cirrhosis

An autoimmune liver condition, mostly in women. Itching and fatigue are the symptoms, and the itch is treatable when anybody asks about it.

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