Ask Dr Mel: Your health questions answered
Each week we team up with our sister magazine, Woman's Weekly, to bring you expert health advice from Dr Melanie Wynne-Jones, a GP from Stockport with 26 years' experience.
The problems
- 15 November: Candle fumes and nerve pain
- 8 November: Depression and heartburn
- 1 November: Cutting calories and an overactive bladder
- 25 October: Scoliosis and steroid inhalers
- 18 October: Tetanus boosters and NSAIDs
- 12 October: Gout and blood clots
- 4 October: Arthritis and treating nausea
- 25 September: Bloated tummies and wrist lumps
- 14 September: Contact lenses and a sore vagina
- 7 August: Flying with angina and eyelash extensions
- 24 July: Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease and hay fever
- 17 July: Blocked nose and blood clots
- 10 July: Cracked heels and broken ribs
- 3 July: Head injuries and polypills
- 26 June: Eye pressure check and sprained ankle
- 19 June: STIs and coccyx pain
- 12 June: Heart attacks and clicking jaw
There's more advice from Dr Mel in this week's Woman's Weekly, on sale every Wednesday
Sorry, but Dr Mel can't offer individual advice or see individual patients. Advice given here is for general information only. Please seek help from your own GP if you have a medical problem.
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katia, 5 months
Hi, i currently live in Syria and in here it is not good to go to a doctor to ask him about women's issues unless the girl's married! I would like to postpone my period next month but i don't know how and i heard about the pills but are they safe?
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Lisa Tighe, 3 months
after iv,e fed my week old baby poppy and winded her she seems to gulp in air and swallows it giving her self wind. its as if she is swallowing air why does she do this should i be concerned.
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