A most severe headache can be caused by a ruptured aneurysm as well as from sinusitis, particularly the sphenoid type. A ruptured aneurysm, and sinusitis, are unrelated medical conditions, though a person by sheer coincidence [...]
Is a metal taste in your mouth driving you mad? A metal taste in the mouth is no laughing matter, as it can sometimes seem as though you've been sucking on a block of iron. [...]
Is your voice hoarse when you wake up in the morning? Why doesn't drinking fluids get rid of the morning hoarseness? Don't believe what you see on TV: People speaking in a crisp, clear voice [...]
A salty taste in your mouth has a very interesting and likely cause. Many people are bothered by a salty taste in their mouth, in the absence of having eaten any spicy foods, and this [...]
Nobody around is smoking, so why do you smell cigarette smoke? Is this crazy or what? There are some explanations for this phenomenon. “There are many reasons that cause people to have phantom smells and/or [...]
A sweet taste in the mouth that won’t go away can have one of several serious causes. This ongoing sensation can leave a person quite unsettled when there's been no drink or sugary candy to [...]
If your tongue has been sore lately, there are many possible causes, some serious. The first thing to consider, when suffering from a sore tongue, is to see if you've recently cut it with sharp food, [...]
Always swallowing and throat tight? Your need to swallow often, and that tight throat may be from a medical condition. Or, it may be from plain anxiety, says Jordan S. Josephson, MD, FACS, ear, nose and [...]
The quad muscle dent, that scary groove that appears in your quadriceps muscle, has more than one possible cause. There are several causes of the quad muscle dent. The quadriceps dent is often described as [...]
How can you tell if that sudden, alarming headache is an aneurysm headache? Can a headache hurt really bad and still be normal? Does an aneurysm headache feel different than a normal, regular headache? If [...]
Numb, dead, tingling arms and hands... Do you awaken in the morning, or in the middle of the night, realizing that an arm, hand or both are completely numb, as though dead? When you poke [...]
Achoo! And here comes the eyelid twitch, right after the sneeze. Does this happen to you? Sometimes the eyelid twitch persists for a minute or so afterward. And other times, maybe there is only one twitch [...]
How to stop fearing that your headache means a brain tumor... Is that throbbing headache making you think you might have a brain tumor? Many people will fear a brain tumor when they get a [...]
It can be quite frightening to suddenly feel stabbing pain behind your eye. Causes of Stabbing Pain Behind Your Eye “Pain behind the eye can be from a number of causes," says Dr. Ravish Patwardhan, [...]
Dang it, does your lip keep twitching? What can it mean when a lip just won't stop twitching? This can be very unnerving (no pun intended) for some individuals. Not only can a twitching lip [...]
Have You Banged or Hit Your Head Really Hard Lately and Are Wondering If You Should Visit the ER? Getting hit hard in the head isn't pretty, and sometimes an ER visit is warranted. Sometimes [...]
Migraine headaches can really mess up your sleep, but there's good news: Specific things you can do to finally get a good night’s sleep. “Migraine headaches can happen at any time of the day or night,” [...]
Is there a difference between brain tumor headaches and normal headaches? Answers to brain tumor headache questions you could never find are now right here. I asked an expert questions about brain tumor headaches that [...]
Does a lump in your throat, or feeling that something is stuck in your throat, have you frightened it could be ALS or laryngeal cancer? When a person develops an obsessive fear of ALS, sometimes they fixate [...]
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