THE DOC REPLIES

MY grandson is 15 but has on our skin when we are been telling his family he’d outdoors so getting out in the like to live as a woman. Will fresh air is certainly better for he grow out of this? your health than using a

Hormones play havoc sunbed. We also get it from during our teenage years. our diet, especially oily fish Adolescents explore their such as salmon and mackerel sexuality and can be quite as well as red meat and eggs. unsure of themselves. Due to Many cereals are fortified with media coverage, the public vitamin D. now has a much greater awareness of these issues. It is I’VE been waking up in the important to take his feelings morning and my wedding ring seriously and be sympathetic. feels tight. I’d like to think it This may be a phase and, as was shrinking in the night – he matures, he will become but is it possible my hands are more confident with his own swelling? Should I ask my GP? sexuality. In the meantime, it is It is not unusual for fingers to important to listen and swell overnight, especially if provide support. you are lying in a warm bed.

Often this will cause increased I’VE always wanted to have blood flow to the my crooked nose extremities which can straightened and am planning cause a bit of to have it done privately. Is swelling, making Heart-rate this a safe procedure? rings feel tight. If recovery after

All procedures have risks, you are concerned exercise is both in relation to the surgery about it, take the dependent upon and the anaesthetic required. ring off before you

your level of fitness. Obviously, a reputable go to bed. If you are surgeon in a reputable facility otherwise well, then I If you are not is recommended. The NHS will do not think there is any accustomed to doing sometimes deal with nasal cause for concern. a lot of vigorous exercise problems, especially if they then the heart-rate can are severe or were caused by HOW can I tell if I’ve got bed remain elevated for some an injury. Whether you choose bug bites? I have started time. When we exercise or are offered NHS or private getting bites on my back and vigorously the heart rate treatment, the important thing legs and wondered if there increases and the time that it is to discuss the risks and was a way to rule out bed takes to go back to normal benefits with the person bugs.

will depend on how long you carrying out the procedure Bed bugs can get into the

have been doing the vigorous beforehand. bed but also into other

furniture. Not surprisingly one exercise for, and what your MY daughter says I should tends to get bites in the areas resting fitness is like in the first use a sunbed to get some directly in contact with the place. If you have no other vitamin D. Is it safe? bed. They are usually small, health problems and you are

Sunbeds would definitely red, itchy, sometimes blistered not experiencing any chest not be recommended as a spots. It can sometimes take a pain when you are exercising source of vitamin D. The body few days after exposure then there is no real need for creates it from direct sunlight before the rash is obvious. concern.

Unfortunately The Doc can’t directly reply to individual letters. When in doubt speak to your GP