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  • Autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease - Complications

    Read about the potentially serious complications associated with autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD), including liver cysts, cardiovascular disease and brain aneurysms.

  • Alzheimer's disease - Causes

    Alzheimer's disease is caused by parts of the brain shrinking (atrophy), which affects the structure and function of particular brain areas.

  • Acne - Complications

    Acne scarring can sometimes develop as a complication of acne. This is more common when the most serious types of spots burst and damage nearby skin.

  • Overview - Psychosis

    Read about psychosis, a mental health problem that causes people to perceive or interpret things differently from those around them.

  • Postnatal depression

    Postnatal depression is a type of depression that many parents experience after having a baby. It's a common problem. Depression in pregnancy (antenatal depression) is also common.

  • Symptoms - Anorexia nervosa

    Read about the symptoms of anorexia nervosa, the main one being deliberately losing weight. There are also often a number of other physical and psychological signs there's a problem.

  • Tests for diagnosing dementia

    Information on the tests used by GPs and specialists to diagnose dementia, including the GPCOG test, blood tests and brain scans.

  • Primary biliary cholangitis

    Find out about primary biliary cholangitis (primary biliary cirrhosis), which is a type of long-term liver disease where the bile ducts in the liver become damaged.

  • Peripheral neuropathy

    Find out about peripheral neuropathy, a term for a group of conditions in which the peripheral nervous system is damaged.

  • Actinic keratoses (solar keratoses)

    Find out more about actinic keratoses, which are patches of skin that have been damaged by the sun.