At work and at home, the run-up to Christmas
may leave you feeling run-down and just a little
stressed.
End of year pressures at work
can be an enormous stress trigger, whether
you are reconciling budgets or preparing next
year's projects. At home the kids may be on
holiday, an invasion of family may be imminent
and let's not forget all the cleaning, Christmas
shopping, and organising that needs to be done.
These tasks can be a nightmare when your head
is thumping, heartburn is raging or you haven't
slept well.
So, here at the Consumer Health
Information Centre, we reckon you'll need all
the help you can get. The Centre's 'De-stress,
Not Distress' helpline is therefore ready and
eager to take your calls. Trained pharmacists
can offer practical advice on the minor ailments
you may be suffering as a result of all that
stress.
Treating your minor ailments,
could make some of the other Christmas stress
factors easier to deal with. Ailments which
can be easily treated with products bought
from the pharmacy include: headaches, indigestion
and insomnia. Other self-treatable conditions
that can be stressful in themselves include
diarrhoea, skin rash and thrush or cystitis
(after an initial doctors diagnosis).
So, don't get too stressed
out and snowed under this Christmas. Treat
your minor ailments quickly and don't let
them ruin your celebrations. Call the Consumer
Health Information Centre's helpline for
advice on best treatments - 0845 60 61 611
(open between the hours of 9-5 Monday-Friday)
or ask your local pharmacist for help and
advice which could make your Christmas that
little bit merrier.
Notes for editors:
The Consumer Health Information Centre (CHIC)
was set up in 1997 and is advised by an expert
panel of independent pharmacists, doctors, nurses
and consumer representatives who contribute to
and endorse the generic consumer information
service on self-medication.
For further information please contact:
Karen Kelshaw
Consumer Health Information Centre
tel: 020 7421 9314
fax: 020 7421 9317
email: karen.kelshaw@pagb.co.uk
Pam Prentice
Doctor Patient Partnership
tel: 020 7383 6144
out of office hours: 0780 3399826
email: pprentice@bma.org.uk
Marianne Smith
Doctor Patient Partnership
tel 020 7383 6828
fax: 020 7383 6966
email: msmith@bma.org.uk
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