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"There's a lot of it about "

...common health problems we are seeing a lot of in the surgery.

Hand, Foot and Mouth disease. 

Luckily this viral infection is not the same virus as is seen in cattle ! There has been quite a lot of this about and whilst uncomfortable for the child [its usually children who get it] it's not serious.

For an indepth article go to

http://www.patient.co.uk/health/hand-foot-and-mouth-disease

Lots of calpol and ibuprofen will keep any temperature at bay and will help the discomfort. As the mouth is often sore try and keep fluids up. Most children are not unwell with it and if they won't drink try ice cream.

Few childen mind being ill if ice cream is involved in the "cure".

"Flu"

There is no "true" flu about at the moment and its not too late to have the vaccine if you are eligible. We are beginning to see the a lot of cough and cold virues about and the usual advice of paracetamol/ibuprofen, fluids etc applies. Don't bother with cough medicines they are enormously expensive and don't work. Honey and Lemon is as good as anything.

These things go on for weeks sometimes, not the usual one week as appears on many advice sites. If you are contininuing to get worse at this stage or if you got better at first and then have got bad again we need to see you.

 

 

 

Antenatal Clinic

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If you fall pregnant you should see one of the doctors at the earliest opportunity so that we can book you at the antenatal clinic. This is held at EHMC on a Friday. As soon as you find you are pregnant you should immediately start taking a folic acid supplement (400 micrograms daily ) to help prevent spina bifida. These can be obtained with or without vitamins from you chemist.

Counsellor 

Counsellors can be accessed via the "Improving Access to Psychological Therapies" service. You can self-refer by clicking here or you can come and see the doctor to arrange this and there is a  questionnaire that needs to be completed before you can access the service. It would be helpful if you could complete this before seeing us and the questionnaire can be downloaded here. Please bring it with you when you see the doctor.

Dietician

Appointments are made by the doctor or nurse for people who have medical needs for a dieticians help. Such conditions include diabetes and high cholesterol. We are not able to offer a “weight watchers” type service.

Blood tests

If you are asked to have a blood test by our doctors or nurses these can be arranged by asking for an appointment with our phlebotomist.

 

 

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