Health A-Z - Conditions and treatments starting with S

Sa

• SAD
• Salbutamol
• Salivary stones
• Salmonella infection

• Salpingo-oophorectomy
• Sarcoidosis
• Sarcoma, Ewing
• Sarcoma, Kaposi's

• Sarcoma, soft tissue
• SARS

Sc

• Scabies
• Scarlet fever
• Scars
• Schistosomiasis
• Schizophrenia
• Sciatica
• Scleroderma
• Scoliosis

• Screening
  • Abdominal aortic aneurysm screening
  • Bowel cancer screening
  • Breast cancer screening
  • Cervical screening
  • Diabetic eye screening
  • Newborn blood spot screening
  • Newborn hearing screening

• Screening continued...
  • Newborn physical examination
  • Screening for abnormalities in pregnancy
  • Screening for Down's, Edwards' and Patau's syndromes
  • Screening for infectious diseases in pregnancy
  • Screening for sickle cell and thalassaemia
• Scrub typhus
• Scurvy

Se

• Sea creature stings
• Seasonal affective disorder (SAD)
• Seasonal allergic rhinitis
• Seasonal flu
  • Flu vaccine
• Seasonal flu jab
• Selective mutism
• Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors
• Self care
• Self-harm
• Semen, bloody
• Senna

• Senokot
• Sepsis
• Septic arthritis
• Septic shock
• Septicaemia
• Sertraline
• Sex change
• Sexual health
• Sexual health clinics
• Sexually transmitted infections (STIs)
  • Balanitis
  • Chlamydia

• Sexually transmitted infections (STIs) continued...
  • Find sexual health services
  • Genital herpes
  • Genital warts
  • Gonorrhoea
  • Non-specific urethritis
  • Pubic lice
  • Scabies
  • Syphilis
  • Trichomoniasis
  • Visiting an STI clinic

Sh

• Shigella
• Shin splints
• Shingles
  • Shingles vaccination

• Short stature
• Shortness of breath
• Short-sightedness
• Shoulder dislocation

• Shoulder pain
• Shoulder tendon, trapped
• Shyness (social anxiety disorder)

Si

• Sick building syndrome
• Sickle cell anaemia
  • Screening for sickle cell
• Sickness and diarrhoea in children

• Sickness in children and babies
• SIDS
• Silicosis
• Simvastatin

• Singultus
• Sinus headache
• Sinusitis

Sj

• Sjogren's syndrome

Sk

• Skin cancer (melanoma)
  • Symptoms of melanoma skin cancer
• Skin cancer (non-melanoma)
  • Symptoms of non-melanoma skin cancer

• Skin cyst
• Skin lightening
• Skin rashes in babies
• Skin rashes in children

• Skin tags
• Skin, blue
• Skin-picking habit

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Sl

• Slapped cheek syndrome
• Sleep apnoea
• Sleep paralysis

• Sleepiness in the day (severe and unexplained)
• Sleepwalking
• Slipped disc

Sm

• Small bowel transplant
• Smear test
• Smell sense, loss of
• Smell, imaginary (phantom smell)

• Smelly feet (bromodosis)
• Smelly urine
• Smoking (quitting)
  • Find stop smoking services

• Smoking (quitting) continued...
  • Passive smoking
  • Smoking cost calculator
  • Smoking treatments

Sn

• Snake bites
• Snoring

So

• Social anxiety disorder (social phobia)
• Soft tissue sarcoma
• Soiling of pants in children (encopresis)
• Solar keratoses
• Solvent abuse
• Somatisation disorder

• Sonodynamic therapy (SDT)
• Sore lips
• Sore throat
  • Epiglottitis
  • Laryngitis
  • Quinsy

• Sore throat continued...
  • Tonsillitis
• Sore tongue
• Sound intolerance (hyperacusis)

Sp

• Spastic paraplegia, hereditary
• Sperm count, low
• Spider bite
• Spina bifida
• Spinal muscular atrophy
• Spirometry

• Spleen disorders and splenectomy
• Spondylolisthesis
• Sports injuries
  • Cartilage damage
  • Find arthritis support services
  • Find sport and fitness services

• Sports injuries continued...
  • Physiotherapy
  • Shin splints
  • Sprains
  • Tendonitis
• Sprains and strains

Sq

• Squamous cell carcinoma
• Squamous cell carcinoma in situ
• Squint

Ss

• SSRIs (selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors)

St

• Stammering
• Staphylococcal infections
• Statins
• Steatosis
• Stein-Leventhal syndrome
• Stem cell transplant
• Stent insertion
• Sterilisation
• Steroid medication
  • Steroid inhalers
  • Steroid injections
  • Steroid nasal sprays
  • Steroid tablets
  • Topical corticosteroids
• Steroid misuse
• Stevens-Johnson syndrome

• Stiff neck
• Stillbirth
• Stings, sea creatures
• STIs
• Stitches and skin glue
• Stoma
• Stomach ache
• Stomach cancer
• Stomach cramps
• Stomach removal surgery
• Stomach ulcer
• Stop smoking widget
• Stopped or missed periods
• Strabismus
• Strawberry mark
• Strep throat

• Streptococcal infections
• Stress
  • Find stress support services
  • Tool: Mood self-assessment
  • Tool: Score your wellbeing
  • Workplace stress
• Stress incontinence
• Stretch marks
• Stria
• Stroke
  • Find stroke support services
  • Stroke, mini
• Stuttering
• Stye

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Su

• Subarachnoid haemorrhage
• Subcutaneous sarcoidosis
• Subdural haematoma

• Sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS)
• Suicide
• Sunburn

• Superficial thrombophlebitis
• Supraventricular tachycardia
• Surgery planner

Sv

• SVT (supraventricular tachycardia)

Sw

• Swallowing pills (problems)
• Swallowing problems
• Sweat rash

• Sweating, excessive (hyperhidrosis)
• Swelling or lump
• Swimmer's ear

• Swine flu
• Swollen ankles
• Swollen glands

Sy

• Synaesthesia
• Syncope
• Syphilis

• Syringomyelia
• Systemic lupus erythematosus