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Vaginal cancer

Vaginal cancer is a tumour growing in the wall of the vagina, the passage between the vulva and the neck of the womb.

Vaginismus

Vaginismus is the involuntary tightening of the muscles around the entrance to the vagina, which makes penetration painful or impossible.

Vaginitis (inflammation of the vagina)

Vaginitis means inflammation of the vagina and the skin around it: itching, soreness, discharge that has changed, stinging when passing urine or during sex.

Varicose eczema (venous stasis dermatitis)

Varicose eczema is itchy, flaky, gradually darkening skin on the lower leg, most often around the ankle.

Varicose veins

Varicose veins are swollen, twisted veins that show under the skin, usually on the calves and thighs.

Vascular dementia

Vascular dementia is a lasting decline in thinking, memory and the ability to manage everyday life, caused by parts of the brain no longer getting enough blood.

Vasculitis (angiitis)

Vasculitis is not a single illness but a group of conditions sharing one mechanism: the immune system mistakenly attacks the walls of your own blood vessels.

Venous leg ulcer

This is an open wound on the lower leg that fails to close for weeks and months. It usually appears on the inner side of the leg, just above the ankle, and…

Vertigo

This page is not about feeling generally woozy. Vertigo is the sensation that you, or the room around you, is turning, tilting or drifting sideways.

Vision loss

Sight can vanish in a second, or it can fade so slowly that the loss is only noticed when faces on the other side of the street stop being recognisable.

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