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Pressure sores can be difficult to treat and may lead to serious complications.

Healthy eating and lifestyle changes can help to manage high blood pressure.

Peer groups can be a very positive influence on your teenager's life.

Hypertension, or high blood pressure, can increase your risk of heart attack, kidney failure and stroke.

Low blood pressure is only a problem if it has a negative impact on the body.

Skin thins with age and can become very weak. Older people in hospital can be vulnerable to skin tears and pressure injuries. Skin care is important.

Hydrocephalus is the abnormal enlargement of the brain cavities (ventricles) caused by a build-up of cerebrospinal fluid.

A wide range of illnesses, conditions and events can cause coma.

A craniotomy is an operation to open the skull (cranium) in order to access the brain for surgical repair.

Head injuries can be serious and require urgent medical attention. A hard blow to the head from a fall, knock or assault can injure the brain, even when there are no visible signs of trauma to the scalp or face. Symptoms of serious head injury include wounds, altered consciousness, clear fluid leaking from the eyes or nose, black eyes or bruises behind the ears, vision changes, nausea and vomiting.