A stye is an infection in your eyelid, it’s usually an infection in the hair follicle when one of your eyelashes attaches to your eyelid sometimes you can get what’s called an internal stye where the meibomian gland, which is one of the glands inside your eyelid, gets infected then it comes to a head […]

The iris is the colored part of the eye with the pupil in the middle. The white of your eye is called the sclera; over that, you’ve got a very thin transparent layer called your conjunctiva. This layer often gets inflamed and sometimes infected, resulting in the infection usually described as Apollo (conjunctivitis). Conjunctivitis will […]

Athlete’s foot is a fungal infection of your skin. It doesn’t just affect athletes though. The point about fungi is that they love anywhere that’s warm, moist, and short of air, which really describes the inside of your trainers, especially the bit between your toes. So athlete’s foot often starts with a rash between your […]

Eczema is a form of dermatitis. “Itis” is the medical term for inflammation, and “derm” refers to the skin. Therefore, any skin inflammation is called dermatitis. However, eczema is most commonly associated with atopic dermatitis, an allergic condition closely linked to asthma and hay fever. Eczema often runs in families, and the risk is higher […]

Pretty much everybody gets headaches sometimes, and the vast majority of them are nothing to worry about. But there are sometimes what we call red flags, and these are what you should look out for and always seek medical help for. The one everyone knows as a red flag is a severe headache that’s accompanied […]

Eye symptoms are prevalent. The good news is that most of them don’t have anything to worry about and settle down on their own. But it is important to know what symptoms you should look out for because some symptoms are warning signs of a condition that could be eyesight-threatening if you don’t get them […]

Having blood in your stools is quite common, and is generally not something to worry about, but it usually needs to be checked out. The possible occurrence of blood in stool most likely comes from the gut, but the lower down your gut it comes from, the brighter it will be. One of the most […]

Most of us are pretty cool about earthworms. Some of us don’t even mind snakes, but the idea of a threadworm wriggling out of your bottom is enough to make most people reel in utter disgust. The good news is they don’t usually cause any symptoms, and indeed certainly don’t cause harm, but even so. […]

Too much alcohol is bad for you and by too much, we mean more than the recommended upper limits. That’s about 14 units a week for men and women, spread over several days and with at least a couple of alcohol-free days per week. One of the many bits of your body that will suffer […]