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Your treatment may cause rashes, skin irritation, skin discolouration, dry itchy skin or skin sensitivity to light.
This page gives you information about Interval Debulking Surgery (IDS) for ovarian cancer and answers some of the commonly asked questions.
Your treatment starts as soon as you come into the emergency department (ED). On arrival, you will see a specialist emergency clinician called a triage nurse who will assess how serious your condition is. This allows patients with life-threatening problems to be seen first.
This page gives you information about your oesophageal manometry test. Any questions that you may have will be answered by a member of the clinic staff. Your appointment is at the Gastrointestinal (GI) Laboratory located in the GI/Lung Function Department at Cheltenham General Hospital. You should report to the receptionist in the Lung Function Department on arrival.
Mr Mutimer is an orthopaedic surgeon with a specialist interest in hip and knee arthroplasty.
Ganglion cysts are the most common type of swelling in the wrist. They are completely harmless and usually disappear within a few years.
A perilunate dislocation is a severe injury to the ligaments of the wrist which results in dislocation of the wrist around the lunate bone.
This page gives you information about having a contrast enhanced mammography (CEM) scan.
A general anaesthetic will mean your child will be asleep when they have their treatment.
This page gives you information about the symptoms and treatment of cervical ectropion (bleeding from the cervix) and other condition affecting the cervix.
This page is for people whose daily lives are affected by Hidradenitis Suppurativa (HS). The aim is to provide you with a basic understanding of HS, and introduce you to some of the more common symptoms and treatments.
This page has been written to help you have a better understanding of the treatment you require because your hip bone has broken. In hospital we describe a broken bone as a fracture.
Our birth centre in Cheltenham is run by midwives and has been specially designed to make your journey into parenthood as smooth as possible.
This page will help to answer some of the commonly asked questions about female sterilisation; including information about your hospital stay, the operation and what to expect after your discharge home.
This page gives you information about the care following your colonoscopy/ flexible sigmoidoscopy.
This page gives you information about having a Computed Tomography (CT) guided lung/pleural biopsy. It explains how the procedure is carried out and some of the possible complications.
Hands and the structures within them are prone to infections from bacteria, viruses and fungal (microorganisms) sources. The anatomy of the hand is complex in that a relatively trivial injury may cause disproportionate amount of harm.
You have been given this page as you or someone you care for has had a Barium Swallow. A Barium Swallow is an examination of the food pipe (oesophagus) and stomach. The complete removal of barium from your digestive system usually takes between 24 hours and 72 hours. This page tells you what to expect after having this procedure and suggests ways to help.
Fractures of the distal radius occur usually with a fall onto the outstretched hand. Often, the tip of the ulna will fracture at the same time.
You have been diagnosed with endometriosis. This page gives you information about endometriosis and its treatment.