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This page provides you with information on how to manage and hopefully ease your back pain. Having back pain can be worrying. Even a minor back strain can be very painful and it’s natural to think that something dreadful might have happened. Your spine is made of solid bony blocks (known as vertebrae) joined by shock absorbing discs that give it strength and flexibility. This is then reinforced by strong ligaments, and surrounded by muscles which provide protection. Most back pain comes from the parts of your back which allow you to move such as the muscles, ligaments, and small joints.

This form will provide the Private Patient team with the information necessary to charge patients for private treatment at the hospital (e.g. details of how payment will be made) and other details that will allow us to register private patients for private treatment.

This page has been produced to answer the most commonly asked questions about HPV (Human Papilloma Virus).

This leaflet will help you understand what will happen if you need to come to hospital because you have coronavirus (COVID-19).

This page gives you information about autonomic blocks and the side effects associated with the treatment.

This page answers the commonly asked questions that parents have about their child’s angiography procedure.

As with most tumour markers there is a high incidence of false positive and false negative results; HCG is most appropriately used in monitoring disease progression or effectiveness of treatment once diagnosis of the tumour has been made and serum concentrations have been shown to be high prior to treatment.

Organ and tissue donation is when you decide to give an organ or tissue to save or transform the life of someone else. You can donate some organs and tissue while you are alive, and this is called living organ and tissue donation. However, most organ and tissue donations come from people who have died.

This page provides information about pioglitazone medication and its use, including side effects. It has been suggested that you try pioglitazone because it is considered an important part of the treatment for many types of hair and scalp disorders including lichen planopilaris and frontal fibrosing alopecia.

This page gives you information about what to expect when leaving the Emergency Department after having had sedation. You have been given a sedative medication to assist with your procedure. You may experience a short period of memory loss during the time the sedation is effective. This medication may also impair your judgment for up to 24 hours. Sedation is safe with very few side effects but most patients have feelings of tiredness afterwards. Some people may believe they are fine and unaffected by the medication but their reactions will be slower. This is similar to how some people may feel after having alcohol.

ESR tube (Trisodium Citrate)

Deficiency of the enzyme alpha-galactosidase, results in Fabry's disease, an X-linked, recessive, lysosomal storage disease, also known as Anderson-Fabry disease.

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This page gives you information about what to expect before and after a port-a-cath is inserted. It also lists the benefits and possible risks of having the device inserted.

A mallet injury refers to a tear in the tendon that straightens the end joint of your finger. This can be a simple tear of the tendon from the bone (soft tissue mallet), or a piece of bone can come off with the tear (bony mallet).

The extensor tendons of the hand are cord like structures that allow you to straighten your fingers or thumb (digits).

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