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Patients who smoke will be offered support to quit and manage withdrawal symptoms through the use of Nicotine Replacement Therapy.
Use devices that help stop the blood collecting in your leg veins (we use calf or foot pumps on our wards).
It is advisable not to use tampons for the bleeding after the operation.
Taking photographs in our hospital Patients may take photos of themselves and/or their relatives for personal reasons, and for their own personal use only
Please visit Tommy’s and use the Caffeine calculator – the website details are at the end of this page.
Doing regular pelvic floor exercises will help by strengthening the muscles which you use to ‘hold on’.
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When the doctor sees you, they might listen to your chest with their stethoscope, feel your tummy, put a special torch in your ears, or use a light to
Having to be careful about the products and cosmetics you use. Missing work, school or college due to flare-ups.
Avoiding the use of urine catheters unless essential; these can increase the chances of infection which may lead to delirium.
If there is damage or if it is leaking, please use the ‘Spillage kit’ and follow the instructions in this leaflet under the heading ‘If you have a leakage
patients routinely — especially in hospital, care homes, and primary care Refer earlier — especially those with frailty, cancer, or long-term conditions Use
Lactose free dairy products are safe to use. After 4-6 weeks try to re-introduce lactose containing foods such as standard milk, egg and yogurts.
Birthing pools are available to use. The midwives are trained to provide massage and aromatherapy to you during labour.
For instructions on the correct use of cell safe capsules for small biopsies please refer to the Cell Safe SOP For information on transport of Histology
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Ketones are created when there is a severe lack of insulin, meaning that the body cannot use glucose for energy and starts to break down other body tissues
If you have any questions about your progress, please ask the physiotherapist while you are on the ward, or use the contact details given at the end of
This might mean that the bed location in the bay is taken into account or the patient and their carer have use of a side room.
This may be permanent but this is not always the case, so you will need to use contraception if you want to prevent pregnancies.