Health guides
Symptoms: what to do?
Guides written by our team to help you know when to worry, how to look after yourself at home and when to see a doctor. They do not replace a doctor's advice.
Life-threatening emergency: call 112.
Fever
Fever is a body temperature above 38 °C. It usually reflects a normal immune response to a viral or bacterial infection. In healthy adults,…
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Cough is a protective reflex of the airways. Acute (< 3 weeks) is almost always due to a benign viral infection (cold, viral bronchitis). Subacute…
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Sore throat (pharyngitis) is overwhelmingly viral and resolves spontaneously in 5–7 days. Bacterial cause (streptococcus) represents only 10–20%…
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Any chest pain deserves attention. While most cases in young adults are musculoskeletal or anxiety-related, priority is to rule out a cardiac…
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