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and conditions? </h1> <p> This page gives you access to information about a wide range of illnesses and conditions. There are summaries of diseases and conditions and details of organisations that can provide medical and emotional help and support. </p> <p> <strong>Use any of the four search methods below to see a list of illnesses and conditions: </strong> </p> <h2 class="atoz"> <span class="atozNum">1.</span> Search by A to Z </h2> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" width="597" class="atozSearch"> <tr> <td colspan="26" class="atozLetters"><img src="/web/20090219150535im_/http://bbc.co.uk/f/t.gif" alt="" height="1" width="1" border="0"/></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" align="left" width="23"><a href="/web/20090219150535/http://bbc.co.uk/health/conditions/index.shtml?a"><img src="/web/20090219150535im_/http://bbc.co.uk/health/furniture/atoz_a.gif" width="22" height="22" alt="A" border="0" id="a"></a></td> <td valign="top" align="left" width="23"><a href="/web/20090219150535/http://bbc.co.uk/health/conditions/index.shtml?b"><img src="/web/20090219150535im_/http://bbc.co.uk/health/furniture/atoz_b.gif" width="22" height="22" alt="B" border="0" id="b"></a></td> <td valign="top" align="left" width="23"><a href="/web/20090219150535/http://bbc.co.uk/health/conditions/index.shtml?c"><img src="/web/20090219150535im_/http://bbc.co.uk/health/furniture/atoz_c.gif" width="22" height="22" alt="C" border="0" id="c"></a></td> <td valign="top" align="left" width="23"><a href="/web/20090219150535/http://bbc.co.uk/health/conditions/index.shtml?d"><img src="/web/20090219150535im_/http://bbc.co.uk/health/furniture/atoz_d.gif" width="22" height="22" alt="D" border="0" id="d"></a></td> <td valign="top" align="left" width="23"><a href="/web/20090219150535/http://bbc.co.uk/health/conditions/index.shtml?e"><img src="/web/20090219150535im_/http://bbc.co.uk/health/furniture/atoz_e.gif" width="22" height="22" alt="E" border="0" id="e"></a></td> <td valign="top" align="left" width="23"><a href="/web/20090219150535/http://bbc.co.uk/health/conditions/index.shtml?f"><img src="/web/20090219150535im_/http://bbc.co.uk/health/furniture/atoz_f.gif" width="22" height="22" alt="F" border="0" id="f"></a></td> <td valign="top" align="left" width="23"><a href="/web/20090219150535/http://bbc.co.uk/health/conditions/index.shtml?g"><img src="/web/20090219150535im_/http://bbc.co.uk/health/furniture/atoz_g.gif" width="22" height="22" alt="G" border="0" id="g"></a></td> <td valign="top" align="left" width="23"><a href="/web/20090219150535/http://bbc.co.uk/health/conditions/index.shtml?h"><img src="/web/20090219150535im_/http://bbc.co.uk/health/furniture/atoz_h.gif" width="22" height="22" alt="H" border="0" id="h"></a></td> <td valign="top" align="left" width="23"><a href="/web/20090219150535/http://bbc.co.uk/health/conditions/index.shtml?i"><img src="/web/20090219150535im_/http://bbc.co.uk/health/furniture/atoz_i.gif" width="22" height="22" alt="I" border="0" id="i"></a></td> <td 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href="/web/20090219150535/http://bbc.co.uk/health/conditions/index.shtml?y"><img src="/web/20090219150535im_/http://bbc.co.uk/health/furniture/atoz_y.gif" width="22" height="22" alt="Y" border="0" id="y"></a></td> <td valign="top" align="left" width="22"><a href="/web/20090219150535/http://bbc.co.uk/health/conditions/index.shtml?z"><img src="/web/20090219150535im_/http://bbc.co.uk/health/furniture/atoz_z.gif" width="22" height="22" alt="Z" border="0" id="z"></a></td> </tr> </table> <br> <img src="/web/20090219150535im_/http://bbc.co.uk/f/t.gif" alt="" height="15" width="1" border="0"><br> </td> <td> <img src="/web/20090219150535im_/http://bbc.co.uk/f/t.gif" alt="" height="1" width="15" border="0"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="3"> <div> <img src="/web/20090219150535im_/http://bbc.co.uk/health/furniture/corner_bl_b.gif" alt="" width="10" height="10" class="corner" style="display: none"> </div> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="500" border="0"> <tr> <td colspan="3"><img src="/web/20090219150535im_/http://bbc.co.uk/f/t.gif" alt="" height="10" width="1" border="0"></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top"> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="312" border="0" class="atozSearch"> <tbody> <tr> <td colspan="3"> <div> <img src="/web/20090219150535im_/http://bbc.co.uk/health/furniture/corner_tl_b.gif" alt="" width="10" height="10" class="corner" style="display: none"> </div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <img src="/web/20090219150535im_/http://bbc.co.uk/f/t.gif" alt="" height="1" width="15" border="0"> </td> <td> <h2 class="atoz"> <span class="atozNum">2.</span> Search by age and gender </h2> </td> <td> <img src="/web/20090219150535im_/http://bbc.co.uk/f/t.gif" alt="" height="1" width="15" border="0"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <img src="/web/20090219150535im_/http://bbc.co.uk/f/t.gif" alt="" height="1" width="15" border="0"> </td> <td> <div class="archiveBullet"><img src="/web/20090219150535im_/http://bbc.co.uk/health/furniture/useaslinks_arrow.gif" alt="" border="0" width="6" height="12" align="left" hspace="1"/> <div class="unused"><a href="/web/20090219150535/http://bbc.co.uk/health/conditions/index.shtml?babies"> Babies </a> </div> </div> <div class="archiveBullet"><img src="/web/20090219150535im_/http://bbc.co.uk/health/furniture/useaslinks_arrow.gif" alt="" border="0" width="6" height="12" align="left" hspace="1"/> <div class="unused"><a href="/web/20090219150535/http://bbc.co.uk/health/conditions/index.shtml?children"> Children </a> </div> </div> <div class="archiveBullet"><img src="/web/20090219150535im_/http://bbc.co.uk/health/furniture/useaslinks_arrow.gif" alt="" border="0" width="6" height="12" align="left" hspace="1"/> <div class="unused"><a href="/web/20090219150535/http://bbc.co.uk/health/conditions/index.shtml?teenagers"> Teenagers </a> </div> </div> <div class="archiveBullet"><img src="/web/20090219150535im_/http://bbc.co.uk/health/furniture/useaslinks_arrow.gif" alt="" border="0" width="6" height="12" align="left" hspace="1"/> <div class="unused"><a href="/web/20090219150535/http://bbc.co.uk/health/conditions/index.shtml?men"> Men </a> </div> </div> <div class="archiveBullet"><img src="/web/20090219150535im_/http://bbc.co.uk/health/furniture/useaslinks_arrow.gif" alt="" border="0" width="6" height="12" align="left" hspace="1"/> <div class="unused"><a href="/web/20090219150535/http://bbc.co.uk/health/conditions/index.shtml?women"> Women </a> </div> </div> <div class="archiveBullet"><img src="/web/20090219150535im_/http://bbc.co.uk/health/furniture/useaslinks_arrow.gif" alt="" border="0" width="6" height="12" align="left" hspace="1"/> <div class="unused"><a href="/web/20090219150535/http://bbc.co.uk/health/conditions/index.shtml?agefiftyplus"> 50-plus </a> </div> </div> </td> <td> <img src="/web/20090219150535im_/http://bbc.co.uk/f/t.gif" alt="" height="1" width="15" border="0"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="3"> <div> <img src="/web/20090219150535im_/http://bbc.co.uk/health/furniture/corner_bl_b.gif" alt="" width="10" height="10" class="corner" style="display: none"> </div> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </td> <td><img src="/web/20090219150535im_/http://bbc.co.uk/f/t.gif" alt="" height="1" width="10" border="0"></td> <td valign="top"> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="313" border="0" class="atozSearch" align="center"> <tbody> <tr> <td colspan="5"> <div> <img src="/web/20090219150535im_/http://bbc.co.uk/health/furniture/corner_tl_b.gif" alt="" width="10" height="10" class="corner" style="display: none"> </div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="15" rowspan="2"> <img src="/web/20090219150535im_/http://bbc.co.uk/f/t.gif" alt="" height="1" width="15" border="0"> </td> <td colspan="5"> <h2 class="atoz"> <span class="atozNum">3.</span> Search by parts of the body </h2> </td> <td width="15" rowspan="2"> <img src="/web/20090219150535im_/http://bbc.co.uk/f/t.gif" alt="" height="1" width="15" border="0"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="137"> <div class="archiveBullet"><img src="/web/20090219150535im_/http://bbc.co.uk/health/furniture/useaslinks_arrow.gif" alt="" border="0" width="6" height="12" align="left" hspace="1"/> <div class="unused"><a href="/web/20090219150535/http://bbc.co.uk/health/conditions/index.shtml?head"> Head </a> </div> </div> <div class="archiveBullet"><img src="/web/20090219150535im_/http://bbc.co.uk/health/furniture/useaslinks_arrow.gif" alt="" border="0" width="6" height="12" align="left" hspace="1"/> <div class="unused"><a href="/web/20090219150535/http://bbc.co.uk/health/conditions/index.shtml?chest"> Chest </a> </div> </div> <div class="archiveBullet"><img src="/web/20090219150535im_/http://bbc.co.uk/health/furniture/useaslinks_arrow.gif" alt="" border="0" width="6" height="12" align="left" hspace="1"/> <div class="unused"><a href="/web/20090219150535/http://bbc.co.uk/health/conditions/index.shtml?abdomen"> Abdomen </a> </div> </div> <div class="archiveBullet"><img src="/web/20090219150535im_/http://bbc.co.uk/health/furniture/useaslinks_arrow.gif" alt="" border="0" width="6" height="12" align="left" hspace="1"/> <div class="unused"><a href="/web/20090219150535/http://bbc.co.uk/health/conditions/index.shtml?legsarms"> Legs/arms </a> </div> </div> <div class="archiveBullet"><img src="/web/20090219150535im_/http://bbc.co.uk/health/furniture/useaslinks_arrow.gif" alt="" border="0" width="6" height="12" align="left" hspace="1"/> <div class="unused"><a href="/web/20090219150535/http://bbc.co.uk/health/conditions/index.shtml?skin"> Skin </a> </div> </div> <div class="archiveBullet"><img src="/web/20090219150535im_/http://bbc.co.uk/health/furniture/useaslinks_arrow.gif" alt="" border="0" width="6" height="12" align="left" hspace="1"/> <div class="unused"><a href="/web/20090219150535/http://bbc.co.uk/health/conditions/index.shtml?blood"> Blood </a> </div> </div> </td> <td width="10"> <img src="/web/20090219150535im_/http://bbc.co.uk/f/t.gif" alt="" height="1" width="10" border="0"> </td> <td valign="top" width="136"> <div class="archiveBullet"><img src="/web/20090219150535im_/http://bbc.co.uk/health/furniture/useaslinks_arrow.gif" alt="" border="0" width="6" height="12" align="left" hspace="1"/> <div class="unused"><a href="/web/20090219150535/http://bbc.co.uk/health/conditions/index.shtml?genito"> Genito-urinary </a> </div> </div> <div class="archiveBullet"><img src="/web/20090219150535im_/http://bbc.co.uk/health/furniture/useaslinks_arrow.gif" alt="" border="0" width="6" height="12" align="left" hspace="1"/> <div class="unused"><a href="/web/20090219150535/http://bbc.co.uk/health/conditions/index.shtml?physical"> Physical health </a> </div> </div> <div class="archiveBullet"><img 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