Clinic News

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We are delighted to introduce patients to Dr Pearl Mak.

Grass pollen season (October- December) brings the chance of thunderstorm asthma and hay fever. If you suffer from hay fever or asthma, it can be serious and life threatening, if not managed well. Although it does not happen every year, we must prepare ourselves for an epidemic thunderstorm asthma. If you have asthma or hay fever it can trigger severe asthma symptoms if not managed well. This is highest in adults who are sensitised to grass pollen and have seasonal allergic rhinitis even without known asthma.

The rotator cuff is the name used to describe the group of muscles and tendons that surround and support the shoulder joint and allow movement in different directions.

There are four muscles that make up the rotator cuff. These are the supraspinatus, subscapularis, infraspinatus and teres minor.

Carpal Tunnel Syndrome is a condition that affects the wrist, causing numbness, tingling and pain in the affected hand. It can affect one hand only or occur bilaterally. It seems to affect women more frequently than men.

In order to understand how carpal tunnel syndrome develops, it helps to have a bit of understanding of the anatomy of the wrist. If we were to look at a cross section through the wrist, there is a passageway, or ‘tunnel’ about 2cm wide that allows passage of the nerves, tendons and blood vessels from the forearm to the hand.

Firstly, we would like to reassure our patients that Glen Iris Medical Group withdrew all association with HealthEngine over a year ago, when it was revealed patient’s had unknowingly consented to their 3rd party referral process.

Foot and leg problems are very common for people with Diabetes. Problems with the feet and legs can be very difficult to treat if they are not detected and managed early.

Diabetes can cause decrease circulation in the feet and lower legs which means any wounds sustained can take a very long time to heal. Diabetes can also cause nerve damage in the extremities, also known as ‘diabetic neuropathy’. This can make the feet less sensitive to pain or to extreme temperatures, meaning that wounds such as cuts, abrasions or burns may go unnoticed.

Premenstrual syndrome or PMS is the term used to describe a wide variety of physical and emotional symptoms that women commonly experience in the days leading up to a menstrual cycle (period). They can also continue for the first few days of a period.

Blood pressure is a measurement of the force placed on the walls of the blood vessels as blood is pumped around the body. It naturally varies throughout the day, depending on what your body is doing.

This year’s influenza season is well and truly underway, with many thousands of confirmed reports of flu virus being made early as March. As at 24th June 2019, there were over 21,500 lab-confirmed, reported cases of flu. This figure represents only cases where a test was performed, so the true number is likely significantly higher.