SIGNS & SYMPTOMS

Vaginal discharge

In  medical terms, a sign is any visible indication of disease – bleeding, a rash or swelling, for example.  A symptom is something you can feel, such as pain, fever or nausea and it may or may not be accompanied by a physical change. Below are common signs and symptoms and their possible causes.

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COMMON SIGNS & SYMPTOMS AND THE POSSIBLE CAUSES

Swallowing problems

~ Anxiety, diphtheria, an esophageal disorder, pharyngitis, strep throat, throat cancer, tonsillitis, quinsy

Sweating

~ Anxiety, drug reaction, fever, heart attack, infection, menopause, stress, thyroid disorder

Sweling and lumps

Abdominal

~ Cancer, heart failure, hernias, internal bleeding, intestinal gas, kidney failure, liver disease, pregnancy, uterine tumor

Breast

~ Cancer, fibrocystic condition, mastitis

Generalized

~ Anaphylactic reaction, drug reaction, heart failure, kidney disease, philebitis, a liver disorder, thyroid disease

Joints

~ Arthritis, sprains

Skin or body surface

~ Abscess, cysts or other benign growths, cancer, edema, enlarged or obstructed lymph glands, ganglion, hives, infection, moles, warts

Taste changes

~ Bell’s palsy, cancer, drug reaction, gum or dental disease, liver disease, loss of smell, pregnancy, a salivary disorder

Thirst

~ Diabetes, fever, heat exhaustion

Tinnitus

(ringing in the ears)

~ Brain injury or tumor, cold or flu, drug side effects, ear infection, exposure to loud noise, Meniere’s disease, earwax buildup, otosclerosis, vertigo

Tremor

~ Alcoholism, anxiety, Parkinson’s disease, a thyroid disorder

Urinary problems

Discolored urine

~ Bladder or kidney infection, kidney stones, liver or gallbladder disease, urinary tract cancer

Incontinence

~ Aging, Alzheimer’s disease, a bladder disorder, nerve deterioration, spinal injury, stroke

Urgency

~ Bladder infection, bladder tumor, diabetes interstitial cystitis, drug reaction, pregnancy

Paintful urination

~ Bladder infection, gonorrhoea or other sexually transmitted disease, kidney infection, kidney or bladder stones, prostatitis, urethritis, vaginitis

Vaginal discharge

~ Cancer, cervicitis, gonorrhoea, vaginitis, pregnancy, premenstrual syndrome

Vision problems

~ Cataracts, detached retina, glaucoma, iritis, macular degeneration, mini-stroke, retinopathy

Weakness

~ Anemia, cancer, Guillain-Barre syndrome, heart disease, infection, liver disease, multiple sclerosis, muscular dystrophy, myasthenia gravis, rheumatoid arthiritis

Weight changes

Unexplained gain

~ Heart failure, kidney disease, liver disease, medications, toxemia of pregnancy, underactive thyroid

Unexplained loss

~ AIDS, anemia, cancer, diabetes, an eating disorder, infection, an intestinal disorder, malabsorption syndrome, ulcers

Wheezing

~ Allergies, asthma, bronchitis, emphysema, heart failure, lung disorders

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