Arthritis

Tinnitus:

Tinnitus:

We start off this week with a query from a tinnitus sufferer, whose whistling in her ears intensifies as her arthritic neck pain worsens. Can anyone help her? According to one reader, neck spondylosis (arthritis) and tinnitus seem to go hand in hand...

Hepatitis B vaccine

Hepatitis B vaccine

Q I want to train as a midwife, but don’t want to take the required hepatitis B vaccination. Is there any way out of this? In addition, what are the risks of contracting this disease as a midwife? -

An unusual form of arthritis

An unusual form of arthritis

Mr S.M., a 56-year-old rambler, came to see me with an irritable bowel, stomach pain, loss of sex drive, severe fatigue, joint pain and swelling that kept moving to different joints, stiffness in his hands and bone sensitivity in his ribs

Hip replacement and arthritis:

Hip replacement and arthritis:

And we finally come to the reader who wanted to know how successful a hip replacement would be in relieving her chronic arthritis. Go for it, chants the majority of readers, obviously happy that they took the plunge. One hospital porter who sees...

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