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Pharmacy Minor Ailments

Your local pharmacist can help you with many common conditions, health advice and over the counter medication where needed.

Patients who present at health services with the minor ailments or conditions listed could be treated quicker or more conveniently through self-care and visiting their pharmacist.

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Greater Manchester Minor Ailments include;

High Temperature

However, please contact your GP in the following instances: 
– If your child under 3-months-old is suffering from a high temperature 
– If you have a temperature above 40C 

Conjunctivitis

However, please contact your GP in the following instances: 
– If the patient is a child under 2 years old 
– If you are pregnant or breastfeeding 
– If you had eye surgery or laser treatment in the past six months 
– If you have a family history of severe blood disorders If you recently returned from abroad 
– If you have a history of hypersensitivity to chloramphenicol or to any other ingredient within the preparation

Coughs 

However, please contact your GP in the following instances: 
– If you are suffering from chest pain, shortness of breath, chest tightness, unexplained weight loss, a cough of sudden onset, recurrent coughs/cough exceeding 2 weeks without improvement or a wheezy cough 
– If you have asthma 
– If you are coughing up foul/discoloured/blood stained or frothy sputum
– If the patients is under 6 years of age 
– Painful calf 
– Failure of OTC remedy to improve symptoms 

Hay fever

However, please contact your GP in the following instances: 
– If the patient is under 6 years old
– If you are pregnant

Headache 

However, please contact your GP in the following instances: 
– If you have a child under 12 years old who is suffering from a headache 
– If you are suffering from migraines 
– If you are having a suspected adverse reaction to a drug 
– If you have headaches following injury or trauma to the head 

Head lice

However, please contact your GP in the following instances: 
– If you have head lice and the treatment has failed 
– If you have a child under 6-months-old who has head lice 
– If you are pregnant or breastfeeding 
– If you are the family of a patient who is not proven to be infected 

Nasal congestion

However, please contact your GP in the following instances: 
– If you are suffering from recurrent nosebleeds 
– If you have chronic sinusitis 
– If patient is under 6 years old 
– If you are pregnant or breastfeeding 
– If you have co-existing cardiovascular/respiratory disease

Threadworm

However, please contact your GP in the following instances: 
– If the patient is under 2-years-old
– If you are pregnant or breastfeeding

Sore throat

However, please contact your GP in the following instances: 
– If you have a child younger than 16 years old with a sore throat 
– If you’re in one of the ‘at-risk’ groups 
– If you have trouble swallowing 
– If you have oral thrush 

Athlete’s foot 

However, please contact your GP in the following instances: 
– If an infection is present and nails are involved 
– If you also have diabetes 
– If the inflammation and itching is severe 
– If it has spread beyond your toes 
– If there is no improvement within a few weeks after self-treatment 

Vaginal thrush

However, please contact your GP in the following instances: 
– If the patient is under 16 years old 
– If you are over 60 years old with the condition 
– If you are pregnant 
– If a previous course of treatment has failed 
– If your medical issue isn’t listed above please contact your GP as soon as possible
– If you are suffering from a minor ailment find a local pharmacy