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Find your condition on the A to Z list

Use the A to Z to check if you need to report your condition.

If your condition is not listed here, contact DVLA.

A

Medical condition	Check if you need to report
Absence seizures	Check the guidance on seizures and epilepsy
Acoustic neuroma	Check the guidance on acoustic neuroma
Addison’s disease	Check the guidance on Addison’s disease
Agoraphobia	Check the guidance on agoraphobia
Alcohol problems	Check the guidance on alcohol problems
Alzheimer’s disease	Check the guidance on Alzheimers disease
Amaurosis fugax	Check the guidance on transient ischaemic attacks and mini-strokes
Amputations	Check the guidance on amputations
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS)	Check the guidance on motor neuron disease - also known as ALS
Angina	Check the guidance on angina
Angioplasty	Check the guidance on heart attacks and angioplasty
Ankylosing spondylitis	Check the guidance on ankylosing spondylitis
Anorexia nervosa	Check the guidance on eating disorders
Anxiety	Check the guidance on anxiety
Aortic aneurysm	Check the guidance on aortic aneurysms
Arachnoid cyst	Check the guidance on arachnoid cysts
Arrhythmia	Check the guidance on arrhythmias
Atrial defibrillator	Check the guidance on defibrillators
Arteriovenous malformation	Check the guidance on arteriovenous malformations
Arthritis	Check the guidance on arthritis
Asperger syndrome	Check the guidance on autistic spectrum condition, including asperger syndrome
Ataxia	Check the guidance on ataxia, including Friedrich’s ataxia
Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)	Check the guidance on ADHD
Autistic spectrum condition	Check the guidance on autistic spectrum condition, including asperger syndrome

B

Medical condition	Check if you need to report it
Balloon angioplasty (leg)	Check the guidance on balloon angioplasties in the leg
Bipolar disorder	Check the guidance on bipolar disorder - previously known as manic depression
Blackouts	Check the guidance on blackouts and fainting
Blepharospasm	Check the guidance on eye conditions
Blood clots	Check the guidance on blood clots
Blood pressure	Check the guidance on blood pressure
Brachial plexus injury	Check the guidance on brachial plexus injuries
Brain abscess, cyst or encephalitis	Check the guidance on brain abscesses, cysts or encephalitis
Brain aneurysm	Check the guidance on brain aneurysms
Brain angioma	Check the guidance on angiomas
Brain haemorrhage	Check the guidance on brain haemorrhages
Brain injury (traumatic)	Check the guidance on traumatic brain injuries
Brain tumours	Check the guidance on brain tumours
Broken limbs	Check the guidance on broken limbs
Brugada syndrome	Check the guidance on Brugada syndrome
Burr hole surgery	Check the guidance on burr hole surgery

C

Medical condition	Check if you need to report it
Caesarean section	Check the guidance on surgery
Cancer	Check the guidance on cancer (not including leukaemia)
Cataracts	Check the guidance on eye conditions
Catheter ablation	Check the guidance on catheter ablations
Cardiac problems	Check the guidance on cardiac problems
Carotid artery stenosis	Check the guidance on carotid artery stenosis
Cataplexy	Check the guidance on cataplexy
Cavernoma	Check the guidance on cavernomas
Central venous thrombosis	Check the guidance on central venous thrombosis
Cerebral palsy	Check the guidance on cerebral palsy
Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease	Check the guidance on Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease
Chiari malformation	Check the guidance on Chiari malformation
Chronic aortic dissection	Check the guidance on chronic aortic dissection
Cognitive problems	Check the guidance on cognitive problems
Congenital heart disease	Check the guidance on congenital heart disease
Convulsions	Check the guidance on fits, convulsions and seizures
Coronary artery bypass or disease	Check the guidance on coronary artery bypass or disease
Coronary angioplasty	Check the guidance on heart attacks and angioplasty
Cranial nerve palsy (with double vision	Check the guidance on eye conditions
Cystic fibrosis	Check the guidance on cystic fibrosis

D

Medical condition	Check if you need to report it
Deafness	Check the guidance on deafness
Defibrillator	Check the guidance on defibrillators
Déjà vu	Check the guidance on deja vu
Dementia	Check the guidance on dementia
Depression	Check the guidance on depression
Diabetes	Check the guidance on diabetes
Dilated cardiomyopathy	Check the guidance on dilated cardiomyopathy
Diplopia (double vision)	Check the guidance on eye conditions
Dizziness	Check the guidance on dizziness (including vertigo)
Drug misuse	Check the guidance on drug misuse

E

Medical condition	Check if you need to report it
Eating disorders	Check the guidance on eating disorders
Empyema (brain)	Check the guidance on brain empyemas
Epilepsy	Check the guidance on seizures and epilepsy
Essential tremor	Check the guidance on essential tremors
Eye conditions	Check the guidance on eye conditions

F

Medical condition	Check if you need to report it
Fainting	Check the guidance on blackouts and fainting
Fits	Check the guidance on fits, convulsions and seizures
Fractured skull	Check the guidance on head injuries
Friedreich’s ataxia	Check the guidance on ataxia, including Friedrich’s ataxia

G

Medical condition	Check if you need to report it
Glaucoma	Check the guidance on eye conditions
Global amnesia	Check the guidance on global amnesia
Grand mal seizures	Check the guidance on seizures and epilepsy
Guillain-Barré syndrome	Check the guidance on Guillain Barré syndrome

H

Medical condition	Check if you need to report it
Head injury	Check the guidance on head injuries
Heart attack	Check the guidance on heart attacks and angioplasty
Heart arrhythmia	Check the guidance on arrhythmias
Heart failure	Check the guidance on heart failure
Heart murmurs	Check the guidance on heart murmurs
Heart palpitations	Check the guidance on heart palpitations
Heart valve disease or replacement valve	Check the guidance on heart valve disease or replacement valves
High blood pressure	Check the guidance on high blood pressure
HIV or AIDS	Check the guidance on HIV
Hodgkin’s lymphoma	Check the guidance on Hodgkin’s lymphoma
Huntington’s disease	Check the guidance on Huntington’s disease
Hydrocephalus	Check the guidance on hydrocephalus
Hypertension	Check the guidance on high blood pressure
Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy	Check the guidance on hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
Hypoglycaemia	Check the guidance on hypoglycaemia
Hypoxic brain damage	Check the guidance on hypoxic brain damage
Hysterectomy	Check the guidance on surgery

I

Medical condition	Check if you need to report it
Implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD)	Check the guidance on defibrillators
Intracerebral haemorrhage	Check the guidance on intracerebral haemorrhages
Ischaemic heart disease	Check the guidance on ischaemic heart disease

K

Medical condition	Check if you need to report it
Kidney dialysis	Check the guidance on kidney dialysis (also known as renal dialysis
Kidney problems	Check the guidance on kidney problems
Korsakoff’s syndrome	Check the guidance on Korsakoff’s syndrome

L

Medical condition	Check if you need to report it
Labyrinthitis	Check the guidance on labyrinthitis
Learning difficulties	Check the guidance on learning difficulties
Left bundle branch block	Check the guidance on left bundle branch blocks
Leukaemia	Check the guidance on leukaemia
Lewy body dementia	Check the guidance on Lewy body dementia
Limb disability	Check the guidance on limb disability
Long QT syndrome	Check the guidance on Long QT syndrome
Loss of an eye	Check the guidance on monocular vision
Low blood sugar	Check the guidance on hypoglycaemia
Lumboperitoneal shunt	Check the guidance on lumboperitoneal shunts
Lung cancer	Check the guidance on lung cancer
Lymphoma	Check the guidance on lymphoma

M

Medical condition	Check if you need to report it
Macular degeneration	Check the guidance on eye conditions
Malignant brain tumours	Check the guidance on brain tumours
Malignant melanoma	Check the guidance on malignant melanoma
Manic depressive psychosis	Check the guidance on bipolar disorder - previously known as manic depression
Marfan’s syndrome	Check the guidance on Marfan’s syndrome
Medulloblastoma	Check the guidance on medulloblastomas
Memory problems (severe)	Check the guidance on severe memory problems
Meningioma	Check the guidance on meningioma
Mini-stroke	Check the guidance on transient ischaemic attacks and mini-strokes
Monocular vision (sight in one eye only)	Check the guidance on monocular vision
Motor neurone disease	Check the guidance on motor neurone disease
Multiple sclerosis	Check the guidance on multiple sclerosis
Muscular dystrophy	Check the guidance on muscular dystrophy
Myasthenia gravis	Check the guidance on myasthenia gravis
Myocardial infarction	Check the guidance on heart attacks and angioplasty
Myoclonus	Check the guidance on myoclonus

N

Medical condition	Check if you need to report it
Narcolepsy	Check the guidance on narcolepsy
Night blindness	Check the guidance on eye conditions

O

Medical condition	Check if you need to report it
Obsessive compulsive disorder	Check the guidance on obsessive compulsive disorder
Obstructive sleep apnoea	Check the guidance on excessive sleepiness
Ocular myasthenia gravis (with double vision)	Check the guidance on eye conditions
Ophthalmoplegia (with double vision)	Check the guidance on eye conditions

P

Medical condition	Check if you need to report it
Pacemakers	Check the guidance on pacemakers
Palpitations	Check the guidance on heart palpitations
Paranoia	Check the guidance on paranoia
Paranoid schizophrenia	Check the guidance on paranoia
Paraplegia	Check the guidance on paraplegia
Parkinson’s disease	Check the guidance on Parkinson’s disease
Peripheral arterial disease	Check the guidance on peripheral arterial disease
Peripheral neuropathy	Check the guidance on peripheral neuropathy
Personality disorder	Check the guidance on personality disorders
Petit mal seizures	Check the guidance on seizures and epilepsy
Pituitary tumour	Check the guidance on pituitary tumours
Post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)	Check the guidance on PTSD
Psychosis	Check the guidance on psychosis
Psychotic depression	Check the guidance on psychotic depression
Pulmonary arterial hypertension	Check the guidance on pulmonary arterial hypertension

R

Medical condition	Check if you need to report it
Renal dialysis	Check the guidance on kidney dialysis (also known as renal dialysis
Retinal artery fugax	Check the guidance on transient ischaemic attacks and mini-strokes
Retinitis pigmentosa	Check the guidance on eye conditions
Retinopathy (with laser treatment)	Check the guidance on eye conditions

S

Medical condition	Check if you need to report it
Schizo-affective disorder	Check the guidance on schizo-affective disorders
Schizophrenia	Check the guidance on schizophrenia
Scotoma	Check the guidance on scotoma
Seizures	Check the guidance on fits, convulsions and seizures
Severe communication disorders	Check the guidance on severe communication disorders
Severe depression	Check the guidance on severe depression
Sight in one eye only	Check the guidance on monocular vision
Sleep apnoea	Check the guidance on excessive sleepiness
Sleepiness (excessive)	Check the guidance on excessive sleepiness
Spinal problems and injuries	Check the guidance on spinal problems
Stroke	Check the guidance on strokes
Subarachnoid haemorrhage	Check the guidance on subarachnoid haemorrhages
Surgery	Check the guidance on surgery
Syncope	Check the guidance on blackouts and fainting

T

Medical condition	Check if you need to report it
Tachycardia	Check the guidance on tachycardia
Temporal lobe epilepsy	Check the guidance on seizures and epilepsy
Tonic clonic fits	Check the guidance on seizures and epilepsy
Tourette’s syndrome	Check the guidance on Tourette’s syndrome
Transient global amnesia	Check the guidance on global amnesia
Transient ischaemic attack	Check the guidance on transient ischaemic attacks and mini-strokes
Tunnel vision	Check the guidance on eye conditions

U

Medical condition	Check if you need to report it
Usher syndrome	Check the guidance on Usher syndrome

V

Medical condition	Check if you need to report it
Valve disease or replacement valve	Check the guidance on heart valve disease or replacement valves
Ventricular defibrillator	Check the guidance on defibrillators
Vertigo	Check the guidance on dizziness (including vertigo)
Vision in one eye only	Check the guidance on monocular vision
Visual acuity (reduced)	Check the guidance on eye conditions
Visual field defect	Check the guidance on eye conditions
VP shunts	Check the guidance on VP shunts

W

Medical condition	Check if you need to report it
Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome	Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome

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