Fiducia TogetherTrigger finger
Also called Stenosing tenosynovitis, Trigger thumb
A finger that catches, clicks or locks bent. A steroid injection cures most of them, and it is often not offered.
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 471–480 (page 48 of 50).
T
Tuberculosis
Also called TB, Consumption
Not a disease of the past. Curable with six months of treatment, and finishing the course is the whole of the problem.
Tuberous sclerosis
Also called TSC, Tuberous sclerosis complex
A genetic condition causing benign tumours in many organs. Epilepsy and behaviour are usually what shapes the life.
Turner syndrome
A missing or altered X chromosome in girls and women. Short stature and ovarian failure, plus a heart risk nobody should forget.
Type 1 diabetes
The immune system destroys the cells that make insulin. Nothing to do with lifestyle, and insulin is not optional.
Type 2 diabetes
Insulin that no longer works well enough. Around 4.4 million people in the UK, and in many it can be put into remission.
U
Ulcerative colitis
Inflammation of the large bowel lining. One of the two main forms of inflammatory bowel disease, and it has its own emergency.
Urethritis
Also called Non-specific urethritis, NSU, Inflamed urethra
Inflammation of the urethra, usually a sexually transmitted infection. Testing at a sexual health clinic finds the cause; a GP dipstick usually does not.
Urinary retention
Being unable to empty the bladder. Acutely it is agonising; chronically it is painless and destroys kidneys quietly.
Urinary tract infection
Also called UTI, Cystitis, Water infection
Common, usually simple, and in older people the single most over-diagnosed and under-recognised infection there is.