What is it?
Additional information:
If the following symptoms below occur one may have an infection and/or a underlying cause.
If the following symptoms below occur:
- High temperature greater than 38°C (100°F) or over and/or chills?
- Headache which is on and off or a constant headache?
- Swollen or sticky eye or sensitive to light?
- Balance and dizziness problems?
- Ear infection or a discharge?
- Runny nose, congestion, cold not cleared by over the counter medication or greater?
- Mouth infection?
- Swollen lymph glands and/or recurring mouth ulcers?
- Enlarged and/or red sore tongue?
- Sore throat longer than seven days or more and/or spots in back of throat and/or tonsils or uvula severely hot, red and/or swollen?
- Dry cough longer than 3 weeks and/or breathing difficulties?
- Initially a persistent dry cough which has now become a chesty cough with yellow/green and/or blood stained phlegm?
- Breast pain and discharge?
- New rash that has appeared or existing rash getting worse and/or rash longer than one month?
- Bleed and bruise easily (or appears like bruising and bleeding)?
- Any unknown lumps or swellings on any part of body?
- Skin infection (swollen skin with yellow discharge)?
- Nail infection?
- Abdominal pain and/or are constant violently vomiting?
- Unexplained weight loss?
- Aching, painful muscles, muscle cramps/spasms/stiffness/twitching with this chapter?
- Joint stiffness and pain with this chapter?
- Rectal bleeding and/or pain with this chapter?
- Kidney condition/infection (When one has a moving pain, from abdomen to the side and back and burning urine)?
- Vaginal discharge which is smelly and cloudy (female)?
- Vaginal pain (female)?
- Genital infection/lumps and swelling?
- Prolonged and/or painful erection (male)?
- Diarrhoea with this chapter?
- If 60 years and older one should talk to a pharmacist/doctor to check if not dehydrated.
- Please see your doctor if:
- If premature and is less than 6 months old.
- If less than three months old.
- If 3-12 months old and diarrhoea longer than 24 hours.
- If 1-7 years old and diarrhoea longer than 48 hours.
- If 8-59 year sold and diarrhoea longer than 72 hours.
If the above does not apply see a pharmacist.
Please consider looking at our other Medtick services:
- Advanced section: ‘Refer to Dr’ (You have already done this, if you have purchased the Advance section!)
- Hospital section (Medical Emergency only)
If not a Medical Emergency (one can enter these services after clicking an initial subject (at the bottom of each introduction page) and/or once completed the advance report).
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Detailed Information
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- Medical News Today
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- Medscape (Professional level)
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- Healthline
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- EveryDay Health
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- Pharmaceutical Journal (Professional level)
The Pharmaceutical Journal covers analysis, features, opinion, learning and careers articles, providing insight and knowledge about drugs, pharmacy practice, medicines use and healthcare policy in the context of the pharmacy profession and pharmaceutical science.
- NHS
Find information and advice on health conditions, symptoms, healthy living, medicines and how to get help (British National Health Service).
- WebMD
Better Information. Better Health.
- Cleveland Clinic
Pushing the Standards of care.
- Mayo Clinic
No.1 Hospital in the Nation (America)
- Drugs.com
Know more. Be sure.
- National Organisation of Rare Diseases
NORD is dedicated to supporting education, elevating care, advancing research, and driving policy for rare diseases.
- Verywell Health
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- Nathnac
Travel health guidance for health professionals advising travellers and for travellers going overseas from the UK.
- DR Axe
Health and fitness news. Recipes, Natural Remedies
- Better health - NHS
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