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• Vitamin B12 or folate deficiency anaemia

  Read about vitamin B12 or folate deficiency anaemia, which occurs when a lack of vitamin B12 or folate causes the body to produce abnormally large red blood cells.

• Boils

  Read more about boils and carbuncles, which are red, painful lumps on the skin that are usually caused by a bacterial infection.

• Intracranial hypertension

  It can cause severe headaches and problems with your vision.

• Erythrocytosis

  Read about the symptoms and treatment of a blood disorder called erythrocytosis (sometimes called polycythaemia), which means having a high concentration of red blood cells in your blood.

• Vitamin B12 or folate deficiency anaemia - Causes

  Vitamin B12 or folate deficiency anaemia occurs when a lack of either of these vitamins affects the body's ability to produce fully functioning red blood cells.

• Signs and symptoms - Munchausen syndrome

  A person will often lie about symptoms that are difficult to disprove, such as having a severe headache.

• Sickle cell disease

  Find out about sickle cell disease, a serious inherited blood disorder where the red blood cells develop abnormally.

• Bleeding from the bottom (rectal bleeding)

  Bleeding from the bottom (rectal bleeding) is often seen as small amounts of bright-red blood on toilet paper or pink water in the toilet.

• Aspirin for pain relief: painkiller for aches and pains such as headache, toothache and period pain

  NHS medicines information on aspirin as a painkiller – what it’s used for, side effects, dosage and who can take it

• Co-dydramol: a painkiller containing paracetamol and dihydrocodeine, used to treat headaches, joint pain and other aches and pains

  NHS medicines information on co-dydramol – what it’s used for, side effects, dosage and who can take it.