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Uveitis
Find out about an inflammation in your eye called uveitis, including symptoms, what causes it, when to get help and how it's treated.
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Urinary tract infections (UTIs)
Find out about urinary tract infections (UTIs), including what the symptoms are, when to get medical advice, how they’re treated and what a chronic UTI is.
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Urinary incontinence
Read about urinary incontinence, which is the unintentional passing of urine. It's a common problem that's thought to affect millions of people worldwide.
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Urinary catheters
Read about a urinary catheter, which is a flexible tube used to empty the bladder and collect urine in a drainage bag.
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Urethritis
Urethritis is when the tube that carries pee out of the body (urethra) becomes inflamed and makes peeing painful. Find out about its symptoms, causes and treatment.
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Unintentional weight loss
Find out what can cause unintentional weight loss and when to get medical help.
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Undescended testicles
Undescended testicles are a common childhood condition where a boy's testicles are not in their usual place in the scrotum. It's estimated that about 1 in every 25 boys are born with undescended testicles.
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Underactive thyroid (hypothyroidism)
Read about an underactive thyroid gland (hypothyroidism), which is when your thyroid gland does not produce enough hormones.
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Umbilical hernia repair
A hernia is where an internal part of the body pushes through a weakness in the muscle or surrounding tissue wall. Umbilical hernias are in or near the belly button (navel).
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Ultrasound scan
An ultrasound scan, sometimes called a sonogram, is a procedure that uses high-frequency sound waves to create an image of part of the inside of the body.