I have been told by my doctor what a problem I have is and have tried to google to get more info. There are so many health/doctor sites, can anyone recommend the best one please?

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TIA.

I use the NHS one

Thank you. I will take a look now.

is there a charity or official support group for the condition? Personally i weed out anything which is non UK initially, has loads of adverts or recommends I buy particualr products from them.

NHS sites, or netdoctor are usuallypretty good as a starting point, and usually have links to support groups or further info.

(Actually I usually start off with a MN search ).

I'm a pharmacist and mostly use NHS Direct, Clinical Knowledge Summaries, and Nice. But the patient organisation for the condition is also often very useful - make sure it's a registered charity (it should say at the bottom of the webpage) and not something sponsored by a pharmaceutical company though (this will usually be obvious).

Oh yes, and I second the UK only thing suggested by SV. Otherwise you may end up reading about treatments or tests not available in this country.

Hi everyone,

I couldn't find anything on NHS direct and have been out all afternoon so will have to google some more I think.

Thank you.

I also agree that Patient.co.uk is very good. A lot of the GP leaflets they print out in surgeries come from that site.

I work with a GP and he said recently the only sites he recommends are patient.co.uk and NHS Choices.

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Do you want laymans terms Fab or more 'medical'?

I use emedicine it's American though so depends what you're looking for.

dependent on condition you can google the name and forum and see if there is a network you can join

being able to taalk to others in same situation is very useful

NHS for base facts
American sites have good advance treatmens

or name change and ask on here - that's what I do :o (but without the NCing)

Layman definitely. Got my first aid badge in Brownies and did a first aid course about 14 years ago and that is that.

It is globus.

"Globus"? As in "globus pharyngis", also known as "globus hystericus"?

These websites may be of use:
experience.patient.co.uk/discussion_list.php?d=1763
www.patient.co.uk/doctor/Globus-Hystericus.htm
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Globus_Pharyngis

Hope is helpful.

Thank you. DH found me a quick fix but I can't bare anything against my neck so can't try it. Stress is a major cause apparently.

No I haven't. I tend to try and drink water and have my daily treat of sugar free jelly and cream .

My DH is a GP and the site he recommends to his patients is patient.co.uk

Thank you, I will take a look.