Persistent and especially severe chest pain usually gets people worrying about their heart, but this symptom can also be caused by cancer. “Chest pain is abnormal and important and must be reported to a doctor,” [...]
Have you been experiencing a hoarse voice and chest pain? If your chest pain and hoarse voice seem to be connected to each other, and even if they don’t seem related, this can indicate a [...]
How can the coronary bypass patient know which are normal postoperative symptoms and which ones warrant a trip to the emergency room? Is the line fuzzy here? My mother had quintuple bypass surgery, and there [...]
The chest pain from GERD can feel just like the chest pain that occurs during a heart attack or one that's about to occur. GERD is a very common condition. Unfortunately, the chest pain that [...]
Bleeding in the brain, namely a subdural hematoma, can result from getting hit in the head or hitting your head in a fall. “Traumatic brain injury (TBI) can produce hemorrhages (including subdural, epidural and subarachnoid) [...]
There are quite a few causes of different urine color—including cancer. This is why you should regularly inspect your pee. Guidelines for Checking Your Urine Get in the habit of checking your urine. This does [...]
This site contains DOZENS of articles that answer questions about twitching muscles and benign fasciculations. On this site you will find a WEALTH of information that addresses just about every conceivable question about twitching muscles, [...]
This muscle (yes, the tongue is a muscle) has caused unspeakable anxiety in many men and women -- -- to the point where they’ll spend huge amounts of time every day examining their tongue in [...]
What your panicky self really needs right now are some strength tests to see if your muscles are truly weak or to see if your problem is the so-called perceived weakness. What is perceived weakness? [...]
Stools – no, I don’t mean the high circular chairs in bars – but poops. How well do you know your poops? If you’re reading this, chances are pretty good that you’ve examined your poops [...]
Mouth symptoms can have tons of causes, and yes, some include cancer. The mouth can experience a wide range of issues, some benign and others potentially life-threatening. While many people worry about oral cancer, particularly [...]
Sometimes, menstrual problems make women wish they were born a man. Can a baby ever really be worth all this trouble? Well of course, for those whose maternal instincts are driving at them. But it's [...]
What can be scarier than a heart that suddenly flutters or feels like its rapidly quivering? This makes you feel like a heart attack is seconds away. Not too many things are more frightening than a [...]
Pain in the head or a sudden bad headache or even a medium one that won't go away is one of the most frightening symptoms. That's because the head contains the brain! And anything involving [...]
Diarrhea has so many causes including parasitic worms living inside your intestines. Ewwww! But that's highly preferable to cancer, right? Should you fear cancer every time you have diarrhea? A Little Bit About Parasites in [...]
Chest pain with sudden nausea leading to vomiting, along with sudden sweating and/or shortness of breath can mean a heart attack either in progress or soon about to happen. “The vagus nerve provides connection between [...]
Cancer is so ruthless that its symptoms can fake a person, even a doctor, into thinking that its symptoms are being caused by a harmless condition--especially when the symptoms come on very small and gradually. [...]
People with chronic GERD may know this can cause Barrett's esophagus leading to esophageal cancer. “Risk of GERD developing into esophageal cancer is very low,” says Dr. Maxwell Chait, MD, gastroenterologist at ColumbiaDoctors Medical Group in Westchester [...]
Have you been experiencing mysterious calf pain only when you walk? Perhaps it’s in one calf, or maybe it’s in both. Nevertheless, this area never hurts while you are seated or sleeping. It’s only when [...]
Running with a DVT? Risky or safe? “Since running would significantly increase arterial flow to the lower extremities, and therefore venous return is also increased, it may be safer to avoid running in the ACUTE [...]
Can working out with weights harm that DVT in your calf or possibly help dissolve it? Being that a sedentary lifestyle is one of the many risk factors for a deep vein thrombosis, it's fair [...]
Spinal stenosis and PVD (peripheral vascular disease) both cause “leg pain.” Is there a way to tell the difference between these two conditions? “The pain from PVD, referred to as intermittent claudication, is very different from [...]
Can DVT pain in the calve, and the pain of a pulled muscle in the calve, be distinguished? DVT stands for deep vein thrombosis: a blood clot. A blood clot in the calve can cause [...]
Concussions are far more common in athletic kids and teens than parents realize, and their child could have had a few concussions without the parents ever knowing. Many parents continue to be grossly uninformed about [...]
It's true: People have been diagnosed with melanoma on the BOTTOM of a toe--a place that's almost always in total darkness. How the heck is this possible? “Yes, melanoma can exist anywhere,” says Rebecca Baxt, [...]
“The sphenoid sinus can be affected by an acute bacterial infection, chronic inflammation or a cyst or a polyp,” says Dr. Stacey Silvers, MD, of Madison ENT & Facial Plastic Surgery in NYC, who is board certified [...]
Have you noticed that lately, your tongue is rather stiff? There are a number of possible causes, according to Dr. Stacey Silvers, MD, of Madison ENT & Facial Plastic Surgery in NYC, who is board certified in [...]
Nose gunk or mucus builds up in the sinuses where the trigeminal nerve begins. Can this crusty mucus actually irritate this nerve? What is the trigeminal nerve? There are 12 cranial nerves. The trigeminal is [...]
Have you been having pain in your neck lately? Most people will think it's from a neck source, but what about the sinuses? Is this possible? “Chronic sinusitis can cause neck pain,” says Dr. Stacey [...]
All kinds of things can cause a headache, but what about the trigeminal nerve which is in the nasal passages (sinuses)? Can this nerve cause a referral type of pain into the head? “Trigeminal nerve [...]
Is it possible for a nasal polyp to irritate the trigeminal nerve, being that this nerve extends into the nasal passage? “Trigeminal neuralgia is chronic irritation or pressure on the trigeminal nerve,” says Dr. Stacey [...]
Ear pain can be caused by a nasal polyp. “Nasal polyps can cause nasal congestion and rhinitis with nasal mucous,” says Dr. Stacey Silvers, MD, of Madison ENT & Facial Plastic Surgery in NYC, who is board [...]
You may already know that anxiety can cause frequent coughing, but do you know just how this happens? Perhaps your coughing is similar to what I experienced during a horrible time of my life. At [...]
You’ve heard that stress can interfere with weight loss efforts, but can a lot of anxiety cause fat loss even if you don’t eat less? It’s a no-brainer that weight loss will occur from eating [...]
Ever eat a lot of food at night, then get really hot in the middle of the night or next morning? More than once I’ve had the experience of eating quite a bit of food [...]
A lump in you armpit doesn’t necessarily mean cancer, because it more likely has a benign cause. Have you recently discovered a lump in your armpit and immediately thought, “It’s cancer!”? Relax, because chances are [...]
Are you thinking that anxiety causes vomiting because it's the body's way of unloading something useless for the imminent "flight or fight" situation? Anxiety can be chronic or acute. People will vomit upon seeing a [...]
Mononucleosis indeed can cause a bloody throat, says a physician. What should you think if you look into your teenager’s throat and see blood? Mononucleosis wouldn’t be the first thing that came to your mind [...]
The chest pain that comes from a panic attack can last surprisingly long, tricking you into thinking you're having a heart attack in progress. On the other hand, a panic attack may cause chest pain [...]
Did you hurt your fingers rock or wall climbing and now they’re too painful to crimp or grip hand-holds or even do any kind of pulling? Other symptoms of this common climbing injury are that of [...]
