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Chest pain has many possible causes, all of which deserve medical attention. The causes of chest pain fall into two major categories - cardiac and noncardiac causes.
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Chest pain is one of the most frightening symptoms you can have. It is sometimes difficult even for a doctor or other medical professional to tell what is causing chest pain and whether it is life threatening.
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Chest pain: There are many causes of chest pain. One is angina which results from inadequate oxygen supply to the heart muscle. Angina can be caused by coronary artery disease or spasm of the coronary arteries.
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Chest pain
Definition:
Chest pain is discomfort or pain that you feel anywhere along the front of your body between your neck and upper abdomen.
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Chest Pain: Prevention
Making careful lifestyle choices is an important first step in preventing chest pain from heart disease. Some healthy habits include: ...
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Chest pain and heart attack
Chest discomfort or pain is a key warning symptom of a heart attack. Heart attack symptoms include: ...
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CHEST PAIN MAY BE TIETZE'S SYNDROME
Question: I'm having a terrible time with chest pain. My doctor says I have costochondritis, and he has recommended that I take aspirin.
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chest pain that feels like a strangling or heavy pressure on the chest ...
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The symptoms of mediastinal cysts and tumors may resemble other problems or medical conditions. Always consult your child's physician for a diagnosis.
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Chest pain is the most common complication of atherectomy. Other common complications are injury to the blood vessel lining, plaque that re-forms, blood clots (hematoma), and bleeding at the site of insertion.
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Chest pain and tightness, shortness of breath, and a dry cough are all problems experienced by someone with a pneumothorax. The severity of these depends on how much air gets into the space.
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Bluish discoloration of the skin caused by lack of oxygen
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Chest pains, palpitations, abnormally rapid pulse, abnormally rapid breathing, shortness of breath, a smothering sensation
Abdominal pains, abdominal gas, indigestion, nausea, diarrhea, constipation, frequent urination ...
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Chest pain caused by decreased oxygen delivery to the heart muscle.
angioma
A noncancerous tumor made up of many blood vessels.
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develops a sudden fever of 101F (38.3C) or higher
develops unfamiliar, unexplained symptoms ...
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Chest Wall Pain (Chest Pain)
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Thoracic Pain (Chest Pain)
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If your child has chest pain, try a heating pad or warm compress on the chest area. Take your child's temperature at least once each morning and each evening, and call your doctor if it goes above 102F (38.9C).
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Do you suffer from chest pain while exercising? If so, you may want to see a doctor. Join experts as they talk about the various methods used to diagnose a type of heart problem, known as angina.
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[6] In other cases, the presenting clinical signs of these types of tumors may include coughing, chest pain, and signs of upper airway congestion.
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Calcium-channel blockers are used to treat angina (chest pain due to poor blood flow and oxygen supply to heart muscle), arrhythmias (an irregular heart beat) and high blood pressure.
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The disease is characterized by low-grade fever, chest pains, hoarseness, and productive cough.
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Reflux esophagitis is characterized by heartburn, upper abdominal or chest pain, difficulty swallowing, nausea, or belching that leaves an acid taste. It is caused by a backflow of acid stomach contents into the esophagus.
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flock-worker's lung A form of chronic interstitial lung disease characterized by dry cough, shortness of breath, and chest pain and thought to be caused by the inhalation of flock (short nylon fibers).
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Chest pain (could be a heart attack or injury; sharp chest pain could be pulmonary embolism or collapsed lung)
Chest moving in an unusual way as the person breathes (may indicate an airway or chest injury) ...
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Both conditions have essentially the same effect on circulation, both cause hardening of the artery walls, both cause high blood pressure, and both eventually lead to one or more of the same things: angina (which is chest pain following exertion), ...
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Symptoms include sudden, severe chest pain that may radiate to the back accompanied by nausea, sweating, and difficulty breathing. A common risk factor for this event is atherosclerotic vascular disease and-or hypertension.
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ANGINA: A severe, often constricting pain, usually referring to chest pain.
ANGIOGENESIS: The process of forming new blood vessels. Angiogenesis is essential for tumor growth.
ANOREXIA: Lack or loss of appetite that causes significant weight loss.
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For example, lung cancer can cause coughing, shortness of breath or chest pain while cancer of the colon often causes weight loss, diarrhea, constipation and blood in the stool. Some cancers may not have any symptoms at all.
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These signs include a persistent cough with mucus production, shortness of breath, chest pain, fever (which appears early in the course of the infection and then subsides), and swollen lymph nodes, usually in the chest and underarms.
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Pericarditis: Inflammation of the lining around the heart (the pericardium) causing chest pain and accumulation of fluid around the heart (pericardial effusion).
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Too much thyroid hormone. Symptoms include weight loss, chest pain, cramps, diarrhea, and nervousness. Also called overactive thyroid.
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