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This week is National Eating Disorder Awareness Week! 🗣️Eating disorders can affect anyone, regardless of their gender o...
27/02/2023

This week is National Eating Disorder Awareness Week! 🗣️

Eating disorders can affect anyone, regardless of their gender or s*x. Symptoms can include:

- Spending a lot of time worrying about your weight and body shape
- Avoiding socialising when you think food will be involved
- Eating very little food
- Making yourself sick or taking laxatives after you eat
- Exercising too much
- Having rigorous habits or routines around food
- Changes in your mood, such as being withdrawn, anxious or depressed

If you feel like you or someone you know may have an unhealthy relationship with food, exercise or body image, talk to your GP. You can find out more at https://www.nhs.uk/mental-health/feelings-symptoms-behaviours/behaviours/eating-disorders/overview/

‘Beat’, the UK's leading eating disorder charity, has support teams to help. Chat one-to-one with a friendly advisor on their national helplines or secure web chat service to find the right service for you. 📞💻

Seven days a week, 365 days a year 📅 https://www.beateatingdisorders.org.uk/get-information-and-support/services/me/

20/02/2023

Quitting smoking is one of the best things you will ever do for your health. When you stop, you give your lungs a chance to repair, and you can breathe easier.

There are lots of other benefits too – and they start almost immediately. It's never too late to quit. You’ve got this! 👍

Go to https://www.nhs.uk/better-health/quit-smoking/ to find out the best ways to quit today - you can download the free NHS Quit Smoking app, get a free personal quit plan and much more support and guidance.

15/02/2023

Noticing your kids itching and scratching? It might be chicken pox! Chickenpox is common and mostly affects children, but you can get it at any age. It usually gets better by itself after 1 to 2 weeks without needing to see a GP. Phew!

Symptoms include:
- An itchy, spotty rash which is the main symptom of chickenpox. It can be anywhere on the body.
- A high temperature or fever
- Aches and pains, and generally feeling unwell
- Headache
- Loss of appetite

You can catch chickenpox by being in the same room as someone with it. It also spreads by touching things that have touched the rash so you'll need to stay away from school, nursery or work until all the spots have formed a scab. This is usually around 5 days after the spots appeared. You can find out more about chicken pox at: https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/chickenpox/

Speak to a GP if you're not sure it's chickenpox or you're concerned about your child. Tell the receptionist you think it might be chickenpox before going into a GP surgery.

February 6th - 12th 2023 is National HIV Testing Week! 🙌Wherever possible, it is better to prevent the spread of HIV to ...
10/02/2023

February 6th - 12th 2023 is National HIV Testing Week! 🙌

Wherever possible, it is better to prevent the spread of HIV to prevent it turning into AIDS, Here are FOUR GOOD ways to help stop the spread FOR GOOD:

- PrEP is a drug taken by HIV-negative people before and after s*x that reduces the risk of getting HIV
- If you are HIV Positive, HIV medication reduces your viral load to 'undetectable' levels. Once you’re undetectable, you can’t pass HIV on, and your health is protected.
- Testing regularly helps to prevent the spread of HIV - you can get a test in person or order tests online, with free and paid-for options. Many tests will provide you with a result in just a few minutes.
- Condoms are the best protection against STIs and HIV when having s*x

To find out more, visit:
https://www.tht.org.uk
https://www.hivpreventionengland.org.uk
https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/hiv-and-aids/

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