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The difference between chronic and acute pain

Last updated on Wednesday, January 8, 2025

What is the difference between chronic / persistent pain and acute pain?  Acute pain describes pain that comes for a short while and then clears up (normally around 3 months) once the injury is healed. It is a warning sign that our nervous system generates in response to a perceived threat (e.g....

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Endometriosis

Last updated on Monday, February 10, 2025

Our Women and Children’s Hospital provides a specialist Endometriosis Service.  Endometriosis is a condition where cells similar to those that line the womb grow elsewhere in the body, which can lead to inflammation and a complex set of symptoms, most commonly but not limited to pelvic pain. End...

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Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)

Last updated on Monday, June 3, 2024

Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) is a painless and harmless examination. This type of scan uses a powerful magnetic field and radio-frequencies. An MRI scan does not use x-rays. MRI allows us to view very detailed cross-sectional images of the body part being examined. This helps in the diagnos...

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Foot and ankle

Last updated on Monday, June 17, 2024

Foot and Ankle Pain Most people experience pain in and around their feet or ankles at some point in their lives. It’s one of the most complex, hard-working regions of your body. It has 26 bones and 33 small joints, all held together by a network of soft tissue made up of muscles, tendons, ligam...

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Foot & Ankle

Last updated on Monday, April 16, 2018

The Foot & Ankle service treats patients with many conditions relating to the area. The team consists of: 3 full time and 1 part time consultant surgeons 2 clinical fellows 1 advanced nurse practitioner A small example of the conditions treated are: bunions foot deformity osteoar...

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Public urged to use NHS 111 Online ahead of three-day doctor strike

Last updated on Tuesday, December 5, 2023

Health leaders are urging members of the public to use NHS 111 Online for all non-emergency healthcare needs during a 72-hour junior doctor strike amid soaring temperatures and unseasonably high demand for urgent and emergency care services. The British Medical Association (BMA) has announced a...

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Pneumonia

Last updated on Wednesday, July 2, 2025

What is the study about? Pneumonia is an inflammation of one or both lungs, usually caused by infection. Around 1 in 20 patients (5%) who are admitted to hospital with pneumonia have a heart attack or stroke within three months. Aspirin has been used for decades to reduce the chance of having...

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Positive experiences reported by WUTH patients in Cancer Patient Survey

Last updated on Wednesday, July 13, 2022

Patients reported positive experiences at Wirral University Teaching Hospital Trust (WUTH), which runs Arrowe Park, Clatterbridge and the Wirral Women and Children’s Hospitals, according to the National Cancer Patient Experience Survey, published this week. The patients who took part in the surve...

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