Conditions
Use the options below to discover conditions relevant to your needs, including related treatments.
Types of conditions or disease
- Blood and immune system
- Bones and joints
- Cancer and tumours
- Ear, nose and throat
- Genetics
- Glands and hormones
- Heart and breathing
- Infectious and parasitic diseases
- Injuries
- Mental and behavioural
- Muscles and tendons
- Nervous system
- Reproductive and urinary
- Skin and tissue
- Stomach and intestinal
- Vision and eyes
Aneurysm
An aneurysm is a blood-filled bulge in the wall of a blood vessel.
Angina
Angina is caused by a buildup of plaque on the walls of your coronary arteries.
Asthma
Asthma is an inflammation of your airways. The tubes that carry air in and out of your lungs become overly sensitive and narrow or tighten causing wheezing, coughing, difficulty breathing and a feeling of fullness or tightness in your chest.
Atrial Fibrillation/Flutter
Atrial fibrillation (sometimes called flutter) is the most common heart rhythm disturbance (arrhythmia) and affects up to 500,000 people in the UK.*
Bronchiectasis
Bronchiectasis is an abnormal widening of the tubes that carry air in and out of your lungs (your airways).
Cardiomyopathy
Cardiomyopathy is a heart disease that weakens the muscles in your heart making it more difficult for it to pump blood efficiently around your body.
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a group of conditions that cause long term (chronic) breathing difficulty due to lung damage. Chronic bronchitis and emphysema are both included in this group.The main cause of COPD is smoking.
Coronary heart disease
When plaque builds up in the arteries leading to your heart, the flow of vital blood and oxygen is restricted. Over the years, this restriction weakens your heart muscle.
Heart Disease
Nuffield Hospitals offers dedicated cardiology services for the assessment and treatment of cardiovascular disease.
Ischaemia
An ischaemia is a restriction of blood flow and oxygen to a muscle.
Sleep apnoea
Our Sleep Disorders Service provides treatment and advice for a wide range of sleep problems in patients of all ages, including the elderly, adolescents and children.
Tachycardia
Tachycardia occurs when your heart beats faster than normal when you are at rest.
Valve disorders
Valve disorders (heart valve disease) occurs if a valve becomes stiff or does not close correctly.