Conditions
Use the options below to discover conditions relevant to your needs, including related treatments.
Types of conditions or disease
- Blood and immune system
- Bones and joints
- Cancer and tumours
- Ear, nose and throat
- Genetics
- Glands and hormones
- Heart and breathing
- Infectious and parasitic diseases
- Injuries
- Mental and behavioural
- Muscles and tendons
- Nervous system
- Reproductive and urinary
- Skin and tissue
- Stomach and intestinal
- Vision and eyes
Excess hair
The medical term for excess hair growth in women is hirsutism. It is a very common condition, sometimes as a result of genetics (passed to you by your parents) or due to an imbalance in your hormones.
Hormone Imbalance
Hormones are chemicals within your body that send signals to cells regulating everything from sleep to blood pressure.
Hyperhidrosis (excessive sweating)
Hyperhidrosis is excessive sweating. Your body sweats to regulate its temperature. The amount of sweating is controlled by your sympathetic nervous system.