Chilblains are itchy, swollen and painful lumps on the skin that form after exposure to the cold. They are caused by changes in the blood vessels in response to the cold. Chilblains most commonly affect the fingers and toes but can also occur on the nose and earlobes. Symptoms of chilblains include: red, blue or
Around one in six Australian couples have problems with fertility. Infertility is diagnosed when a couple has been unable to fall pregnant after having regular unprotected intercourse for a year. There are many causes of infertility, including problems with ovulation (the release of an egg from a woman’s ovary), fertilisation by a man’s sperm and
Testicular cancer is cancer that develops in one or both testicles. In most cases, only one testicle is affected. It is estimated that 980 Australian men were diagnosed with testicular cancer in 2021, making up about 1.2% of all new cases of cancer diagnosed in men. It most commonly occurs in men aged 25–40 years.
Seasonal affective disorder (also known as SAD) is a type of depression that comes and goes according to the season. Most people affected by SAD have winter-pattern SAD, where symptoms develop in autumn and winter and go away during spring and summer. However, a smaller number of people have summer-pattern SAD where they experience depressive
Conjunctivitis is a common condition in children, caused by inflammation of the conjunctiva – the clear membrane that covers the front surface of the eye and the inner surface of the eyelid. It is often caused by a bacterial or viral infection but can also be caused by an allergy, irritant or object in the
Health At Every Size (HAES) is a weight-neutral approach to health. HAES practitioners believe that, regardless of your size, it is more important to focus on healthy behaviours than weight loss. HAES is based on evidence that dieting for weight loss is ineffective (most people eventually gain back the weight they lose) and often harmful (some
Around 3.6 million Australians suffer from hearing loss. While age-related factors are the most common cause, more than one-third of Australians with hearing loss have noise-related ear damage, which is preventable. It is therefore important to be aware of how to prevent hearing loss and the signs of hearing loss. Signs of hearing loss include:
Bedwetting occurs when a child doesn’t wake up during the night when they need to pass urine. While it is common for children six years and under to wet the bed, sometimes older children can wet the bed too. They may continue bedwetting from birth or start wetting the bed again when they are older.
The number of Australian’s undergoing weight loss (bariatric) surgery is increasing each year. The number of surgeries performed more than doubled from 2005-06 to 2014-15. And according to the Monash University Bariatric Surgery Registry there were around 28000 hospital admissions for weight loss surgery in Australia in 2018-19. The majority (70-80%) were for an initial
Fatty liver disease the build-up of fat in the liver cells. While excess alcohol intake is a major cause, it is being seen increasingly in those who don’t drink to excess and is referred to as non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, or NAFLD for short. NAFLD describes the spectrum of fatty liver disease from a simple
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