Nataly Martini provides a brief overview of selected causes of dizziness and vertigo, such as benign paroxysmal positional vertigo and vestibular migraine. Through case studies, she explains how these conditions may differ from serious clinical syndromes such as cervicogenic dizziness, highlighting the complexities, risk factors and management of these conditions
Don’t let pink eye give you the stink eye
Saturday 1 April 2023, 01:15 AM
![Pink eye](/sites/default/files/styles/cropped_image_16_7_/public/2023-03/iStock-1252956594.jpg?itok=oPQGRpy3)
YOU ARE APPROACHED by a man in his 30s who asks for “some of those bacterial eye drops you get from a pharmacist”. You ask him what symptoms he has, and he says he has really red, sore, itchy eyes that water all the time, and he’s been sneezing a bit lately.
One of the most challenging areas to navigate if you are new to working in a pharmacy is arguably the shelves dedicated to eye conditions – rows upon
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