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  • Foreign body in the eye

    Net Doctor — Any material such as dust, sand or paint that gets into the eye is called a foreign body. Foreign bodies fall into two categories. Dr Caroline MacEwan, consultant ophthamologist and Dr Whye Onn Ho, specialist registrar Non-perforating superficial ...More…

  • Looking good

    Net Doctor — Glaucoma is not one disorder but a range of conditions in which the pressure inside the eye becomes too high. This results in damage to the optic nerve at the back of the eye which can lead to loss of vision if left untreated. Glaucoma is one of ...More…

  • Erythropoietic protoporphyria

    Net Doctor — Erythropoietic protoporphyria (EPP) is a member of a group of diseases called the porphyrias. Porphyrins are chemicals that are important for manufacturing blood and enzymes within the body. The porphyrias are diseases in which a problem has ...More…

  • Erythema infectiosum

    Net Doctor — Erythema infectiosum is also called 'slapped cheek disease' or 'fifth disease'. It is a viral infection that predominantly affects children between the ages of 5 and 15. Parents, or people working with children, are also liable to ...More…

  • Erysipelas

    Net Doctor — Erysipelas is an acute infection of the skin and underlying fat tissues, usually caused by the streptococcus bacteria. This highly unpleasant condition is most common in elderly people. It is also seen in the very young, and in people with ...More…

  • Priapism

    Net Doctor — Priapism is a persistent erection, usually painful, that is not necessarily associated with stimulation or sexual desire. Much debate has taken place as to the meaning of 'persistent erection', but the current view is that the erection needs to .. ...More…

  • Erectile dysfunction (impotence)

    Net Doctor — The outlook for men with erectile dysfunction (ED) has improved enormously in the first eight years of this century - so much so that almost all patients nowadays can be assured of a return to successful intercourse. Many of these males feel that ...More…

  • Discussing erectile dysfunction (ED) with your partner

    Net Doctor — Do you think you're developing erectile dysfunction (impotence)? Presumably you are worried, because otherwise you wouldn't be reading this factsheet. Though we use words like 'wife', which are appropriate to heterosexual couples, the ...More…

  • Discussing erectile dysfunction (ED) with a doctor

    Net Doctor — Are you worried that you may have erectile dysfunction (ED)? Well, you ought to talk to a doctor about it. Don't suffer in silence! But first of all, let's just make clear what ED is. It's what people used to call impotence: an inability to ...More…

  • Nosebleeds (epistaxis)

    Net Doctor — The blood usually comes from a blood vessel located in the front of the nasal septum (nasal partition) or further back in the nasal cavity. A nosebleed usually occurs due to a ruptured blood vessel located in the front of the nasal septum. Dry ...More…

  • Epileptic attacks

    Net Doctor — Epilepsy is a condition in which people have seizures or 'epileptic attacks'. There are many different types of attacks, ranging from minor symptoms noticed only by the affected person, to convulsions, the most easily recognised type of epileptic ...More…

  • Epilepsy - what are the causes?

    Net Doctor — Epilepsy is caused by abnormal electric impulses in groups of nerve cells (neurons) found in the brain. For diagnostic purposes, epilepsy is divided into two main groups Electroencephalography (EEG) can show where in the brain the convulsions ...More…


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