Medical conditions Archives

When you feel unwell it is always tempting to type your symptoms into google. Unfortunately many medical conditions carry the same symptoms and therefore you could easily end up wrongly diagnosing your illness.

If you are poorly you should always speak to a medical professional to obtain an accurate diagnosis.

World COPD Day – 15th November 2017

Wednesday the 15th November is World COPD day and the British Lung Foundation are raising awareness of COPD. They are trying to find the missing millions across the UK who have this condition and don’t even know it. The British Lung Foundation want to help suffers to get the treatment and support they deserve. What is COPD? Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), describes a group of lung conditions that make it difficult to empty air out of the lungs because the airways have been narrowed. Two of these lung conditions are persistent bronchitis and emphysema. These two conditions can occur…

7 Easy Ways to lower your blood pressure

Blood Pressure UK, the UK charity dedicated to lowering the nation’s blood pressure to prevent disability and death from stroke and heart disease, have provided 7 easy ways which can help us all to increase our fruit and vegetable intake to help lower our blood pressure.

Raising awareness of Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disease (CMT)

CMT is a genetic condition that damages peripheral nerves. These nerves are responsible for passing on commands from the brain to the muscles (motor nerves) and for passing information to the brain about sensations, such as pain, heat, cold, touch, importantly for balance

Chronic Conditions and Health Insurance

Health Insurance is designed to cover the cost of treatment for acute medical conditions which start after your policy begins. Your policy is not designed to cover the routine medication and monitoring of chronic conditions. An acute condition is a disease, illness or injury that is likely to respond quickly to treatment. That treatment aims to return you to the state of health you were in immediately before suffering the disease, illness or injury, or which leads to your full recovery. Private Medical Insurance will typically not cover chronic conditions. There are options from two providers in the UK market…

Sun Exposure and Skin Cancer

With the recent peak in sunny weather, many of us are taking advantage of the sunshine, but whilst it’s nice to embrace the warmer weather we all need to make sure we protect our skin against the sun’s ultraviolet (UV) radiation to help prevent the risk of getting skin cancer. What is UV? There are 2 main types of UV rays that damage our skin. Both types can cause skin cancer: UVB is responsible for the majority of sunburns. UVA penetrates deep into the skin. It ages the skin, but contributes much less towards sunburn. A third type of UV ray, UVC,…

National Glaucoma Awareness Week

This week 5th to 11th June, 2017 is Glaucoma Awareness Week. The International Glaucoma Association (IGA) is a UK charity for people with glaucoma and they are educating people about the importance of eye pressure as part of a regular eye health check. What is Glaucoma? Glaucoma is the name given to a group of eye conditions. It is where the main nerve to the eye is damaged where it leaves the eye. This nerve is known as the optic nerve. It carries information about what is being seen from the eye to the brain and as it becomes damaged…

Dementia Awareness Week 14th – 20th May 2017

Dementia is caused when the brain is damaged by diseases, such as Alzheimer’s disease or a series of strokes. Alzheimer’s disease is the most common cause of Dementia, but not the only one.

National Stop Snoring Week

This week is National Stop Snoring Week and the British Snoring & Sleep Apnoea Association are raising awareness about the negative effect the noise of snoring can have on all areas of our wellbeing. The level of noise that starts to have an effect on sleep is around 40Db. The noise of snoring can range from about 50dB to 100+Db. Why it is important to help people to stop snoring? Aside from the fact that snoring is irritating and annoying the noise of loud snoring over an extended period of time can also cause a number of symptoms: – Sleep…

Have you heard about Access Surgery?

Access Surgery and Access Surgery Premier are hospital treatment insurance policies from Westfield Health. These policies are not Private Medical Insurance however they do cover policyholders privately for new medical conditions that the NHS define as non-urgent. There is no cover on either policy for cancer treatment, heart conditions or chronic conditions. A chronic condition is a disease, illness or injury that needs regular or periodic treatment, medication or advice. Who is eligible for Access Surgery cover? Both policies are available to anyone aged between 18 and 79 years of age. If you have a policy in place prior to…

Bowel Cancer Awareness Month

April is Bowel Cancer Awareness month. Bowel Cancer UK are focusing on raising awareness for bowel cancer screening, which aims to detect bowel cancer at an early stage. Treatment has the best chance of working for people who have had an early diagnosis. Bowel Cancer UK are the UK’s leading Bowel Cancer research charity. Why is it important to raise awareness about Bowel Cancer screening? The charity confirm that in some areas of the UK only a third who receive a screening test in the post complete it. This leaves thousands of people missing out on a vital way of…

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