{"id":810,"date":"2021-06-16T15:12:52","date_gmt":"2021-06-16T14:12:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pelican.scot.nhs.uk\/?page_id=810"},"modified":"2024-02-16T16:05:52","modified_gmt":"2024-02-16T16:05:52","slug":"conditions-and-symptoms","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.nn.nhs.scot\/pelican\/families\/practical-support\/conditions-and-symptoms\/","title":{"rendered":"Conditions and Symptoms"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">A-Z of Conditions<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/contact.org.uk\/\">Contact&nbsp;<\/a>: a third sector organisation for Families with Disabled Children have a useful A-Z of conditions on their website which may help with your diagnosis or condition, each provides an overview and any specific support agencies known.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can find the A-Z&nbsp; of conditions here \u2013<a href=\"https:\/\/contact.org.uk\/conditions\/?page=2&amp;f=A\">&nbsp;https:\/\/contact.org.uk\/conditions\/?page=2&amp;f=A<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">NHS Inform<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nhsinform.scot\/\">NHS Inform<\/a>&nbsp;provides people in Scotland with information on illnesses and conditions, symptoms and self help, tests and treatment, healthy living as well as support available.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You will also find the<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nhsinform.scot\/scotlands-service-directory\">&nbsp;Scottish Services Directory<\/a>&nbsp;here&nbsp; which details health and wellbeing services in Scotland including GP practices, dental services and support groups.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Gastrostomy Care Videos<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The University of Oxford have created a series of 19 videos which cover a range of topics including routine care of a gastrostomy button, managing common problems and advice and tips from families.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can access the videos here \u2013&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.oxstar.ox.ac.uk\/more\/supporting-parents\/watch-the-videos\">https:\/\/www.oxstar.ox.ac.uk\/more\/supporting-parents\/watch-the-videos<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Some of these videos will be helpful to watch when you are referred to the surgical feeding team for a gastrostomy (e.g. introductory videos). Some of the videos will be most helpful around the time of surgery (e.g. routine care of a gastrostomy), and some might be most helpful to you once you\u2019ve been caring for your child at home for a few months or longer (e.g. changing a button, blended diet).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There are also some links to videos made by other organisations which you might find helpful.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>All the videos can be played in sequence using the following link:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Gastrostomy Care\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/videoseries?list=PLMOhU3NU7kmPULriY0AbUqJEj5fbflHUX\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p class=\"nhsuk-card__description\">A-Z of Conditions Contact&nbsp;: a third sector organisation for Families with Disabled Children have a useful A-Z of conditions on [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":788,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-810","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nn.nhs.scot\/pelican\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/810","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nn.nhs.scot\/pelican\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nn.nhs.scot\/pelican\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nn.nhs.scot\/pelican\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nn.nhs.scot\/pelican\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=810"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"https:\/\/www.nn.nhs.scot\/pelican\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/810\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1319,"href":"https:\/\/www.nn.nhs.scot\/pelican\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/810\/revisions\/1319"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nn.nhs.scot\/pelican\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/788"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nn.nhs.scot\/pelican\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=810"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}