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My son developed tennis that your reaction is “normal”, elbow after becoming or it may be that you are inspired by Andy Murray to depressed. Your GP will take up the sport. What’s the hopefully help you to discover best way to treat it? if this is normal, if you need

Tennis elbow is a type of treatment and what might be bursitis. This is an inflammation useful to help. Do not feel of a fluid-filled area next to a embarrassed about going, joint. It is caused by repetitive this is the sort of thing that use, and usually alleviated by GPs deal with all the time. rest. Your son should see a healthcare professional to Does wholemeal bread lose have the diagnosis confirmed any nutritional value when and a treatment plan toasted? I eat at least four discussed. He could visit a GP slices a day. or a physiotherapist for I am not aware of any advice. Usually, rest and antinutritional detriment when inflammatory medications will toasting bread. Carry on as settle things in mild cases. normal, as long as you’re Occasionally, other treatments getting five portions of fruit are necessary – this would be and vegetables a day. done by a physio.

I have had two heart How do I leave my body for attacks and my wife medical research? Can I thinks I might now speak to my local surgery? be banned from

You should contact your driving. Is this true? local university who will tell No, this is not you the process for donating true. Have a look a body for medical research. at the DVLA If you decide to go through website which is with it, once the forms are comprehensive and completed you will be given fairly easy to use. There information to give to your GP are guidelines about many so that it can be recorded in illnesses, including heart his records. attacks, and when not to

drives. However, most people I was made redundant who have a heart attack can recently and since then I’ve return to driving after a short fallen into a bit of a pit. I can’t time as long as there are no motivate myself to do much complications that would and I feel worthless. Should I affect the ability to drive. speak to my GP?

The answer is very definitely My doctor told me I have an yes. Life often throws us arachnoid cyst? Is this difficult situations and clearly something to do with spiders? redundancy is a very No, they are nothing to do important one. It is not with spiders. They are fluidsurprising that you are filled cysts within the nervous reacting to this and it may be system which are usually

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