Search results for self care
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Paying for your own social care (self-funding) - Social care and support guide
What you need to know if you are paying for your own care.
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Varicose eczema - Treatment
Read about treatments for varicose eczema. Treatment aims to improve the condition of your skin, treat your symptoms and help improve your circulation (blood flow)
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Tics - Treatment
Find out about the main treatments for tics, including things you can do to help, behavioural therapies and medicine.
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Sickle cell disease - Treatment
Read about the main treatments for sickle cell disease, including medications to prevent pain, blood transfusions and stem cell transplants.
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Primary biliary cholangitis (primary biliary cirrhosis) - Treatment
Find out how primary biliary cholangitis (PBC) is treated, including self-help measures like not smoking, maintaining a healthy weight and limiting alcohol, plus medicines to slow the condition's progression.
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Post-herpetic neuralgia - Treatment
Find out how the pain of post-herpetic neuralgia can be treated. Various types of medicine can be prescribed, and some simple self-help measures can also be useful.
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Discoid eczema - Treatment
Read about treating discoid eczema (nummular or discoid dermatitis) using medications to help ease the symptoms
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Complex regional pain syndrome - Treatment
Find out how complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS) is treated. Although there's no cure, a combination of physical treatments, medicine and psychological support can help manage the symptoms.
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Anal fissure - Treatment
Read about treatments for anal fissures, including having a high-fibre diet to avoid constipation and using various medicines, such as laxatives and topical anaesthetics.
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How to help someone you care for keep clean - Care and support guide
Advice on washing, bathing, laundry and general hygiene, maintaining dignity and continence services.