Self Help

When Should I Seek Medical Attention?

If you are experiencing any of the following symptoms, you should seek medical attention. Call 999 or ask someone to take you to A&E

• Collapse / fainting / passing out / blacking out
• Persistent chest pain that doesn't disappear or intermittent and persistent
• Blood in vomit
• Feeling of fast heart beat causing light headedness or chest pains / heart beating in a strange way
• Unable to keep any food or fluids down - vomiting
• Tingling / numbness in face / lips / body
• Puffy limbs and body / whole body water retention / swollen limbs
• Extreme bone pain
• Persistent muscle cramps
• Persistent weakness
• Confusion
• Loss of consciousness
• Body and eyes yellow in colour
• If Type 1 Diabetes omitting Insulin / unable to take Insulin and signs of hyperglycaemia
• Large open wounds needing medical advice