THE DOC REPLIES

I’M a 32-year-old woman levels puts you at risk of heart who’s recently given birth. My disease. hair fell out in patches around the back and side – is this HAVE you any experience of normal and will it grow back? laser eye treatment? I’m

It is common and normal for shortsighted and want to try it women to experience some but have heard some horror hair loss in the year after stories. having given birth. This is Laser eye treatment is now because the body prioritises commonly used to correct growing the baby rather than simple visual problems and growing hair. Normally, the avoid the need for glasses. missing hair will eventually Take your time, seek the return. opinion of your own optician

and/or GP before embarking MY teenage grandson still on any private therapy. Most wets the bed in his sleep. Are cases are successful, but all you aware if this is a common intervention procedures carry problem, and do you have a risk of harm and you need you any advice on helping to know what this might mean him to stop? for you.

Bed-wetting, or enuresis as it IS there any way to is also known, can be a very permanently remove distressing problem, hair on the upper lip? particularly beyond the age I’m a 56-year-old of five – but especially if it woman. happens into the teenage Hair removal can years. Even if you think it might be done via wax, be an anxiety or emotional cosmetic hair problem, it is always removal cream and,

WHY are some worthwhile getting a urine in extreme cases, sample checked in case of babies born with a

laser therapy. However, infection and, in rare cleft lip?

there is no guarantee that instances, kidney or bladder This happens while the

any treatment will be problems. Ask him to speak to baby is developing in the

permanent – hair can the doctor with you. womb. As the face develops

eventually grow back. these natural clefts at either I have a patch of yellow in the WHAT organs are affected by side of the lip join up and corner of my eye – my Crohn’s disease? most babies are born without optician says it is due to high Crohn’s disease can affect any deformity. Sometimes, cholesterol. Will it go away if I any part of the exposure to different eat more healthily? gastrointestinal tract, chemicals can increase the

A yellowy-grey arc around beginning at the mouth, chance of this happening. It is the iris is known as an arcus, moving down through the surgically treatable and and can sometimes be gullet into the stomach, small nowadays correction can be caused by having high intestine, large intestine and extremely good. Sometimes, it cholesterol. You should have anus. Flare-ups of Crohn’s can also affects the palate a cholesterol and lipid profile disease can make a person which can be a trickier checked as you may need generally unwell and cause a problem to treat, but again, is statin drug therapy if high variety of symptoms. usually able to be repaired.

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