Monthly Archives: December 2019

  1. What is Cystitis? All you need to know about the signs & symptoms

    What is Cystitis? All you need to know about the signs & symptoms

    Cystitis is the medical term for a urinary tract infection, or UTI, that affects the bladder. A UTI is caused by bacteria being present in the urine, causing a bacterial infection. 

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  2. Catching the Early Signs of the Flu

    Catching the Early Signs of the Flu

    Luckily a flu vaccine is available to reduce your risk of flu. If you haven’t had a flu vaccine, then flu remedies can be bought from Pharmacy Planet if you are unlucky enough to get flu.

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  3. A dive into hormone replacement therapy

    The Benefits, Risks And Side Effects Of Hormone replacement Therapy(HRT)

    Hormone replacement therapy(HRT), is a treatment used to manage the symptoms of menopause in women. Menopause is the time in a woman’s life when her periods stop completely, marking the end of her reproductive years. Menopause affects women differently, with some women having minimal symptoms or signs of this change, and other women suffering from unbearable symptoms.

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  4. Everything you need to know about HRT

    Everything you need to know about HRT

    HRT or Hormone Replacement Therapy is targeted at women who have reached the menopause sometimes also called, ‘the change’.  The menopause is a natural process and marks the end of a female’s reproductive processes resulting in the reduction and finally the loss of two key hormones, oestrogen and progesterone.

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  5. Does HRT cause weight gain

    Does HRT cause weight gain

    Many women take HRT Treatment to mitigate the symptoms of the menopause which range from night sweats to depression, anxiety to insomnia, vaginal dryness during sex to low libido. 

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  6. Everything you need to know about Human Papilloma Virus (HPV)

    Everything you need to know about Human Papilloma Virus (HPV)

    HPV is a virus which affects the skin, there are over one hundred different types of HPV so they are a group rather than one individual condition.

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