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Anaemia is a term used when a person doesn’t have enough red blood cells to carry oxygen all through the body, leaving your body starved of oxygen. You could lack haemoglobin, a protein which gives the blood it’s colour.

The head of a national meningitis support and awareness organisation is appealing to the public to be vigilant in the wake of an increase in meningococcal disease (the leading cause of meningitis in this country) recently.

With the change in season it is a good time to be thinking about boosting your immunity. Vulnerable people such as children and the elderly, people with low immunity and other susceptible people including asthmatics or people with chronic sinusitis and chronic obstructive airway diseases (COAD) need to pay particular attention to their immunity.

If you have less than three bowel movements a week, it is usually considered constipation. Most people suffer from constipation once in a while, but some people suffer from chronic constipation which can affect their daily life. Usually they feel sluggish, lethargic and sometimes irritable. It can affect appetite and concentration. Some people are afraid to eat or go to the toilet.

Bloating is when your tummy is puffy, feels stretched and uncomfortable due to temporary abdominal distension. Common causes are overeating, eating too fast, swallowing food too quickly, talking while eating and swallowing air, certain foods which can cause gas such as beans, lentils, cabbage, cauliflower, and drinking too many fizzy drinks.

The Clinic of Complementary and Natural Medicine was established in 1989 by Dr Bhatti, who is a qualified medical doctor. He has a diploma in child health from the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons in Ireland and has worked for several years in different branches of medicine, surgery, paediatrics, orthopaedics, geriatrics, geriatric psychiatry, dermatology (skin), and psychiatry in Galway’s main hospitals, UHG, Merlin Park Hospital, St Brigid’s Hospital, and Portiuncula Hospital.

The Clinic of Complementary and Natural Medicine was established in 1989 by Dr Bhatti, who is a qualified medical doctor. He has a diploma in child health from the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons in Ireland and has worked for several years in different branches of medicine, surgery, paediatrics, orthopaedics, geriatrics, geriatric psychiatry, dermatology (skin), and psychiatry in Galway’s main hospitals, UHG, Merlin Park Hospital, St Brigid’s Hospital, and Portiuncula Hospital.

Following the success of last year’s flu vaccine campaign for health care staff, Saolta University Health Care Group has once again partnered with UNICEF to launch the 2018/2019 flu vaccine campaign "Get a vaccine, give a vaccine."

By Dr Bhatti