Ivy Grove Surgery : Symptom Checker for General Practice

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ABOUT THIS SYMPTOM CHECKER

This is our symptom checker, developed by the surgery.

It is simply an alphabetical list of symptoms/conditions followed by a link indicating who to see first.

To use it, you can scroll down the list, use the index or the search function. Once you have found what you are looking for, click the coloured lozenge next to the condition for details of the service you should contact.

If you would prefer to access official health advice including what to look out for and when to consult with a GP, please visit NHS 111 online or NHS Health A-Z .

Alphabetical index

Find your symptom or condition below, or use search

Search for symptoms/conditions and find out who to contact first

Once you have found what you are looking for, click the coloured lozenge next to the condition for details of the service to contact

RED FLAG indicates that you need to contact the required service sooner rather than later

If you cannot find what you are looking for, please ring us during working hours, call 111 , or use the NHS 111 online service or visit NHS Health A-Z

Life-threatening Conditions

INDEX SEARCH
Anaphylactic shock (severe allergy) RED FLAG

999
Bleeding from any sources, heavy or prolonged RED FLAG

999
Breathlessness, severe, or stopped breathing or colour change RED FLAG

999
Burns or scalds, severe RED FLAG

999
Chest pain, suspected heart attack RED FLAG

999
Choking RED FLAG

999
Drowning RED FLAG

999
Fits, seizure or uncontrollable shaking RED FLAG

999
Hypothermia (drop in body temperature) RED FLAG

999
Lacerations (knife wounds, cuts), deep RED FLAG

999
Meningitis, suspected RED FLAG

999
Paralysis (inability to move) RED FLAG

999
Self-harm or suicide, imminent risk RED FLAG

999 and ask for Police
Stroke, suspected(sudden weakness of arms, legs or inability to speak properly) RED FLAG

999
Unconscious, or fluctuating levels of consciousness RED FLAG

999
Emergency Conditions

INDEX SEARCH
Abdominal pain, severe, sudden RED FLAG

A&E
Blindness, sudden, one or both eyes RED FLAG

A&E (Eye Casualty)
Breathlessness, moderate to severe RED FLAG

A&E
Broken bones RED FLAG

A&E
Minor breaks: Minor Injuries Unit
Floppy (unresponsive), feverish baby RED FLAG

Children's A&E
Head injury, with any symptoms (e.g., loss of consciousness, vomiting, drowsiness) RED FLAG

A&E
Lethargic (drowsy), feverish child RED FLAG

Children's A&E
Low blood sugar (hypo/hypoglycaemia) not responding to sugar RED FLAG

999
Nose bleed, not stopping after 30 minutes RED FLAG

A&E
Overdose of medication, poisoning, accidental or intentional RED FLAG

A&E
Swallowed sharp or long object or button battery RED FLAG

A&E
Abd - Ath

INDEX SEARCH
Abdominal pain

GP
Abuse concerns, about a child or adult RED FLAG

Social services
Accidents

Minor Injuries Unit
Acid reflux

Pharmacy
Acne

Pharmacy
Activity, goals, improving daily living

Occupational therapy
Addiction

Alcohol and drug services
Adjustment disorders (stress related mental disorders)

Counselling
Admission avoidance

Community matron
Advice

NHS 111
Agoraphobia

Counselling
Aids to help living at home

Social services Care co-ordinator Occupational therapy
Alcohol problems

Alcohol and drug services
Allergies

Pharmacy GP
Anger management

Counselling
Antental care

Midwife
Allergic reactions, localised

Minor Injuries Unit
Anxiety (excessive worry), mild to moderate

Counselling
Arthitis

Physiotherapy
Asthma

Practice Nurse
Athlete's foot

Pharmacy
Bab - Bur

INDEX SEARCH
Baby and child growth and development

Health visitor
Back pain

Physiotherapy
Bad breath

Dentist
Bedwetting, child (enuresis)

School nurse
Behaviour problems in under 5s (sleeping, eating, potty-training, tantrums)

Health visitor
Behaviour problems in school-age children

School nurse
Belly button, weeping

GP
Benefits help and advice

Citizens Advice Bureau Social services
Bereavement issues

Counselling
Bites, insect or animal

Minor Injuries Unit
Bleeding from rectum (back passage) RED FLAG

GP
Bleeding from vagina

GP
Bleeding from vagina, after intercourse RED FLAG

GP
Bleeding from vagina, after menopause RED FLAG

GP
Blisters

Minor Injuries Unit
Blood in urine, no symptoms of infection RED FLAG

GP
Blood pressure measurement

Practice Nurse
Blue badge (disabled badge) application

Derbyshire County Council Carers supoort worker
Bottle feeding issues

Health visitor
Breast feeding issues

Health visitor
Breast lumps RED FLAG

GP
Bruising, unexplained RED FLAG

GP
Bullying

School nurse
Bunion

Podiatry
Budgets, personal care

Carers supoort worker
Burns or scalds, minor

Minor Injuries Unit
Car - Cut

INDEX SEARCH
Care, co-ordinating, arranging, signposting, liaising, plans

Care co-ordinator Social services Carers supoort worker
Cat bites

Minor Injuries Unit
Catarrh

Self-care Pharmacy
Catheter problems at home

District nurse
Change in bowel habit (especially if loose stools) RED FLAG

GP
Chest infection (persistent fever, difficulty breathing, bloody sputum, very unwell)

GP
Simple cough: Self-care Pharmacy
Chickenpox

Self-care
Childhood conditions, allergies, infections

Health visitor GP
Chiropody (podiatry)

Podiatry
Contact tracing (STD)

Sexual health clinic
Chlamydia

Sexual health clinic
Chronic (long-term) conditions

Community matron
Cold sores

Pharmacy
Colic, baby

Health visitor
Common cold

Self-care Pharmacy
Complex cases

Community matron GP
Conjunctivitis

Pharmacy Minor Injuries Unit
Constipation, adult, with no other symptoms

Pharmacy
Constipation, child

Health visitor (under 5) School nurse (over 5)
Contraception, emergency

Pharmacy
Contraception, general

Practice Nurse
COPD (chronic bronchitis)

Practice Nurse
Corns and callouses

Podiatry
Cough

Self-care Pharmacy
Cough, longer than 3-4 weeks RED FLAG

GP
Coughing up blood RED FLAG

GP
Counselling

Counselling
Crabs (pubic lice)

Sexual health clinic
Cramps, leg

Self-care
Crying baby

Health visitor GP
Cystitis

Pharmacy
Cuts, lacerations, minor

Minor Injuries Unit
Dan - Dru

INDEX SEARCH
Dandruff

Self-care Pharmacy
Deafness, adult (includes deafness on one side only RED FLAG, or sudden deafness RED FLAG)

GP
Deafness, gradual, both sides, aged over 55

Audiology service
Deafness, children

School nurse Health visitor
Debt counselling, information

Citizens Advice Bureau
Delivery, problems after recent childbirth

Midwife
Dental problems, of any sort

Dentist
Dentist, need one, not registered

NHS 111
Depression (low mood), mild to moderate

Counselling
Developmental screening

School nurse
Dermatitis

Pharmacy
Diarrhoea and vomiting (stomach bug)

Self-care Pharmacy
Diarrhoea, at night-time, bloody or persistent RED FLAG

GP
Difficulty swallowing RED FLAG

GP
Disabled badge (blue badge) application

Derbyshire County Council Carers supoort worker
Discharge from hospital review

Care co-ordinator
Discrimination, workplace

Citizens Advice Bureau
Dizziness

GP
Dog bites

Minor Injuries Unit
Domestic violence

Health visitor Social services
In an emergency: 999
Dressings at home

District nurse
Drug abuse

Alcohol and drug services
Drug advice in children

School nurse
Ear - Eye

INDEX SEARCH
Earache

Pharmacy
Ear wax

Pharmacy GP
Eating disorders, mild to moderate

Counselling
Eczema

Pharmacy
Eczema, infected or inflamed

GP
Emergency contraception (morning after pill)

Pharmacy
Emotional problems

Counselling
Employment advice

Citizens Advice Bureau
End of life care

District nurse
Enemas (for constipation) at home

District nurse
Erection problems

GP
Eye infections

Pharmacy Minor Injuries Unit
Eye pain (with no foreign body) RED FLAG

GP (same day)
Fal - Fun

INDEX SEARCH
Falls, accidental, with any injuries

Minor Injuries Unit
Flu, or viral illness

Self-care Pharmacy
Family planning

Practice Nurse Sexual health clinic
Feeding problems, under 5s

Health visitor
Fever, in child

See High Temperature
Financial and debt problems

Citizens Advice Bureau
Flu

Self-care
Food poisoning

Self-care
Foreign bodies, in skin, ear, eye, nose

Minor Injuries Unit
Frozen shoulder

Physiotherapy
Function, assessing

Occupational therapy
Fungal infections, including nail

Pharmacy
Gai - Gum

INDEX SEARCH
Gait problems

Physiotherapy
Gastritis

Pharmacy
Gastroenteritis

Self-care
Genital warts

Sexual health clinic
Grazes (abrasions)

Self-care Minor Injuries Unit
Gum disease or problems

Dentist
Han - Hou

INDEX SEARCH
Hangover

Self-care
Hay fever

Pharmacy
Haemorrhoids, not bleeding

Pharmacy
Hearing difficulty, gradual, both sides, aged over 55

Audiology service
Herpes, genital

Sexual health clinic
Head injuries, minor (no loss of consciousness)

Minor Injuries Unit
Headache

Pharmacy
Persistent: GP
Headlice

Pharmacy
Health anxiety

Counselling
Health checks

Practice Nurse
Health education

Community matron Health visitor School nurse
Healthy eating

Health visitor
Heartburn

Pharmacy
Help, signposting and referring

Care co-ordinator
High blood sugar

GP Diabetic Specialist Nurse
Heparin injections at home

District nurse
High temperature in child, otherwise playing, attentive

Pharmacy
High temperature in child, unwell RED FLAG

GP
See also: Does your child have a serious illness? , Fever in children )
HIV testing

Sexual health clinic
Hives

GP
Hoarseness, more than 3 weeks RED FLAG

GP
Home support with children

Health visitor
Home visit

See home visit pages; Community matron
Hospital discharge care

District nurse Care co-ordinator
Housing advice

Citizens Advice Bureau
Imm - Itc

INDEX SEARCH
Immunisations in children

School nurse Practice Nurse
Impetigo

Pharmacy GP
Impotence

GP
Incontinence

Continence service
Independence, maintaining

Occupational therapy
Indigestion

Pharmacy
Infected eczema

GP
Ingrowing toenails

Podiatry
Injuries

Minor Injuries Unit
Irritable bowel syndrome

Pharmacy GP
Itching

Self-care Pharmacy
Jau - Joi

INDEX SEARCH
Jaundice (yellow skin) RED FLAG

GP
Jaw joint pain

Dentist
Joint pain

Physiotherapy
Kid - Kne

INDEX SEARCH
Kidney infection (e.g., loin pain, temperature, vomiting)

GP
Knee pain

Physiotherapy
Lac - Lum

INDEX SEARCH
Lacerations, cuts, minor

Minor Injuries Unit
Law and rights

Citizens Advice Bureau
Leg ulcers at home

District nurse
Long-term (chronic) conditions at home

Community matron
Loss of weight, unintentional RED FLAG

GP
Low mood, mild to moderate

Counselling
Lumps, hard, irregular shape, fixed in position, increasing size RED FLAG

GP
Mal - Mus

INDEX SEARCH
Malaria, prevention for travel

Practice Nurse
Mental health issues

Mental health services Counselling GP
Migraine

Pharmacy
Persistent/severe: GP
Miscarriage, bleeding in early pregnancy

Early Pregnancy Assessment Unit
Mobility, poor

Physiotherapy
Moles, changing in appearance RED FLAG

GP
Mood problems

Counselling
'Morning after' pill

Pharmacy
Motor vehicle accidents (RTAs)

Minor Injuries Unit
Mouth ulcers

Pharmacy
Mouth ulcers, lasting more than 3 weeks RED FLAG

GP Dentist
Muscle aches

Physiotherapy
Muscle sprains and strains

Minor Injuries Unit
Nai - Nos

INDEX SEARCH
Nail care

Podiatry
Nasal congestion

Pharmacy
Neck pain

Physiotherapy
Night sweats RED FLAG

GP
Nipple discharge or rashes on nipple RED FLAG

GP
Nose bleeds, stopped

Self-care
Actively bleeding/not stopping: A&E
Obe - Obs

INDEX SEARCH
Obesity (excessive weight)

Self-care
Obsessive-compulsive disorder, mild to moderate

Counselling
Pai - Pre

INDEX SEARCH
Pain, at night, affecting sleep RED FLAG

GP
Palliative care

GP
Palpitations

GP
Panic attacks

Counselling
Parenting support, family health, relationships (under 5 years)

Health visitor
Period problems

GP
Phobias

Counselling
Piles, not bleeding

Pharmacy
Pill

Practice Nurse
Pins and needles

Self-care
Persistent/recurring: GP
Podiatry

Podiatry
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, mild to moderate

Counselling
Postnatal blues, depression, mental health worries after delivery

Health visitor
Postnatal care

Midwife
Posture advice

Physiotherapy
Pregnancy related symptoms

Midwife GP
Preschool issues

Health visitor
Qui - Qui

INDEX SEARCH
Quinsy (pus filled swelling around tonsil) RED FLAG

GP
Quitting smoking

Stop smoking service
Ras - Run

INDEX SEARCH
Rashes

Minor Injuries Unit GP
Rashes, non-blanching RED FLAG

GP
Suspected meningitis: 999
Rectal bleeding RED FLAG

GP
Rehabilitation

Physiotherapy Occupational therapy
Respite care

Social services Carers supoort worker
Rib injuries

Minor Injuries Unit
Ring pessaries

Practice Nurse
Ringworm

Pharmacy
Road traffic accidents (RTAs)

Minor Injuries Unit
Runny nose

Pharmacy
Saf - Syr

INDEX SEARCH
Safeguarding concerns RED FLAG

Social services School nurse
Scabies

Pharmacy
Scooters

Mobility service
Screening for STD

Sexual health clinic
Sex education, safe sex

School nurse
Sexually transmitted diseases

Sexual health clinic
Shingles

GP (same day preferable)
Shoulder, frozen

Physiotherapy
Shoulder injuries

Physiotherapy
Sinusitis

Pharmacy
Skin lesion, changing RED FLAG

GP
Signposting and referring

Care co-ordinator School nurse
Sleep disturbance

Pharmacy
Smears

Practice Nurse
Smoking advice

Stop smoking service School nurse
Social anxiety, shyness

Counselling
Social issues

Social services
Soft tissue injuries

Physiotherapy
Soiling, child (encopresis)

School nurse
Sore throat

Self-care Pharmacy
Persistent: GP
Splinters

Minor Injuries Unit
Sports injuries

Physiotherapy
Sprains and strains

Minor Injuries Unit
Stings

Minor Injuries Unit
Stress

Counselling
Stye

Pharmacy
Substance misuse

Alcohol and drug services
Suicidal or self-harm thoughts RED FLAG

GP
Sunburn, adult

Self-care Pharmacy
Sunburn, child RED FLAG

GP Children's A&E
Swabs, vaginal

Practice Nurse
Swallowing difficulty RED FLAG

GP
Sweating, at night, with or without fever RED FLAG

GP
Syringe drivers

GP
Tax - Tra

INDEX SEARCH
Tax problems

Citizens Advice Bureau
Teeth grinding

Dentist
Teething

Pharmacy Health visitor
Temperature, high in child

See High Temperature
Tennis elbow

Physiotherapy
Terminal care

GP District nurse
Threadworms

Pharmacy
Thrush

Pharmacy
Tiredness, excessive, prolonged
and without obvious reason RED FLAG

GP
Simple tiredness: Self-care
Toe nail problems

Podiatry
Tonsillitis

Pharmacy
Tooth abscess

Dentist
Toothache

Dentist
Trauma, psychological

Counselling
Travel advice

Practice Nurse
Inform reception of destination
Una - Urt

INDEX SEARCH
Unable to pass urine at all RED FLAG

GP
Ulcer (open sore), diabetic RED FLAG

Practice Nurse (same day)
Unsure of what to do

NHS 111
Urine infection (UTI), in men RED FLAG

GP
Urine infection (UTI), uncomplicated, in women

Pharmacy
Urticaria

GP
Vac - Vom

INDEX SEARCH
Vaccinations and advice

Practice Nurse
Vaginal bleeding

GP
(but also see Bleeding from vagina above)
Vaginal infections, discharge, vaginosis, needing swabs

Practice Nurse
Verruca

Pharmacy
Vertigo

GP
Viral illness

Self-care
Visual problems (not blindness) RED FLAG

Optician (same day)
Sudden blindness: A&E
Vomiting

Pharmacy
Wal - Wou

INDEX SEARCH
Walking aids

Mobility service
Warts, genital

Sexual health clinic
Warts, rest of body

Pharmacy
Weaning issues

Health visitor
Weight loss, unintentional RED FLAG

GP
Welfare rights

Citizens Advice Bureau Social services
Wheelchair

Mobility service
Wheezing

GP
Whiplash

Physiotherapy
Wind, flatulence

Pharmacy
Work issues

Citizens Advice Bureau
Wound infections, minor

Minor Injuries Unit
Wound and ulcer care

District nurse Practice Nurse
Xra - Xra

INDEX SEARCH
X-ray, xray, think you might need one following injury

Minor Injuries Unit
Yel - Yel

INDEX SEARCH
Yellow fever vaccination

Practice Nurse
Inform reception of destination
Zzz - Zzz

INDEX SEARCH
ZZZ... ZZZ..., sleep problems

Pharmacy
see also: sleep advice

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Symptom Checker for General Practice SHORTCUT ivy.gs/symptoms

ABOUT THIS SYMPTOM CHECKER

Alphabetical index

Search for symptoms/conditions and find out who to contact first

Life-threatening Conditions

Emergency Conditions

Abd - Ath

Bab - Bur

Car - Cut

Dan - Dru

Ear - Eye

Fal - Fun

Gai - Gum

Han - Hou

Imm - Itc

Jau - Joi

Kid - Kne

Lac - Lum

Mal - Mus

Nai - Nos

Obe - Obs

Pai - Pre

Qui - Qui

Ras - Run

Saf - Syr

Tax - Tra

Una - Urt

Vac - Vom

Wal - Wou

Xra - Xra

Yel - Yel

Zzz - Zzz

COPYRIGHT NOTICE