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You may be offered a bed, a mattress or comfortable chair to sleep on - this will vary between wards.
If these have been unsuccessful or if your hair loss is becoming more widespread and long term, the option of DCP treatment may be offered.
This may be offered to you at your first or following visit after the diagnostic biopsy. This procedure will take about 15 minutes.
Whether or not it is offered to you will depend on your age and diagnosis.
If you need to cancel your appointments, please contact the Dermatology Department as soon as possible so that the appointments can be offered to another
You will also be offered Entonox® (gas and air) that you can inhale during the treatment which will give you further pain relief.
You will be asked to undress to the waist and offered a hospital gown to wear. You will then be asked to get onto the exercise bike.
You may also be offered sedation for the TOE examination; this will be given intravenously (into a vein in your arm).
Alternatively, the procedure may be offered at an outpatient clinic under a local anaesthetic.
Short-term support may be offered to get the person you care for back on their feet or to be confidently living an independent life.
If anything, abnormal is seen on the scan, you may be offered an outpatient appointment for an endoscopy.
You will also be offered Entonox® (gas and air) which you can inhale during the procedure. This will give further pain relief.
You will be asked to undress to the waist and will be offered a hospital gown that should be left open to the front (like a coat).
If your blood pressure is more than160/90 you may be offered blood pressure medication to help lower this figure, with the procedure postponed and rebooked
Women requiring contraception should be given information about and offered a choice of all methods, including long-acting reversible contraception (LARC
Sedation is not routinely needed or offered for this test because the trans-nasal scopes are much smaller and are generally well tolerated by patients.
Where there is choice, alternative treatment or care should be clearly stated, including any complementary therapies but only if they are offered by the
You will be asked to undress to the waist and offered a hospital gown to wear. You will then be asked to lie on a couch.
Once it is safe to do so you will be offered a drink then you will be allowed home shortly afterwards.
You will be offered a drink before you leave the department once the numbness has gone.