conditions:
asthma
Asthma is a chronic disease that affects your (airways) trachea, bronchi, and bronchioles.
If you have asthma, the inside walls of your airways become sore and swollen. When your airways react, they get narrower and your lungs get less air.
Symptoms:
If you have asthma, the inside walls of your airways become sore and swollen. When your airways react, they get narrower and your lungs get less air.
Symptoms:
- Coughing, especially at night
- Wheezing
- Shortness of breath
- Chest tightness, pain, or pressure
Allergic Reaction
Allergic reaction can be provoked by skin contact with poison plants, chemicals and animal scratches, as well as by insect stings. Ingesting substances like pollen, animal dander, molds and mildew, dust nuts, and shellfish, may also cause allergic reaction.
Heart attack
Most heart attacks happen when a clot in the coronary artery blocks the supply of blood and oxygen to the heart. Often this leads to an irregular heartbeat - called an arrhythmia - that causes a severe decrease in the pumping function of the heart. A blockage that is not treated within a few hours causes the affected heart muscle to die.
Heart Attack Symptoms:
Symptoms of a possible heart attack include chest pain and pain that radiates down the shoulder and arm. Some people (the elderly, people with diabetes, and women) may have little or no chest pain. Or, they may experience unusual symptoms (shortness of breath, fatigue, weakness).
Heart Attack Symptoms:
Symptoms of a possible heart attack include chest pain and pain that radiates down the shoulder and arm. Some people (the elderly, people with diabetes, and women) may have little or no chest pain. Or, they may experience unusual symptoms (shortness of breath, fatigue, weakness).
Fainting (syncope)
A temporary loss of consciousness.
You lose muscle control at the same time, and may fall down. Most people recover quickly and completely.
Fainting usually happens when your blood pressure drops suddenly, causing a decrease in blood flow to your brain. This is more common in older people.
Other Causes of Fainting:
You lose muscle control at the same time, and may fall down. Most people recover quickly and completely.
Fainting usually happens when your blood pressure drops suddenly, causing a decrease in blood flow to your brain. This is more common in older people.
Other Causes of Fainting:
- Heat or dehydration
- Emotional distress
- Standing up too quickly
- Certain medicines
- Drop in blood sugar
- Heart problems
Diabetes and low blood sugar
Diabetes is a metabolic disease, with characteristics that include glucose problems.
Typically the body produces too much blood sugar, commonly called glucose.
In a healthy body, glucose is controlled by naturally produced insulin, adjusting as necessary to the consumption of or absence of food. Insulin is a hormone which is produced causing hyperglycemia.
Signs and Symptoms
The most prominent symptom of the onset of diabetes is a very high level of thirst accompanied by a very high level of urine output. An increase in appetite, many diabetes victims pre-diagnosis suffer weight loss. Fatigue, nausea, vomiting, blurry vision, vaginal infections. skin infections, lethargy, and coma are all relative symptoms of undiagnosed or untreated diabetes.
Typically the body produces too much blood sugar, commonly called glucose.
In a healthy body, glucose is controlled by naturally produced insulin, adjusting as necessary to the consumption of or absence of food. Insulin is a hormone which is produced causing hyperglycemia.
Signs and Symptoms
The most prominent symptom of the onset of diabetes is a very high level of thirst accompanied by a very high level of urine output. An increase in appetite, many diabetes victims pre-diagnosis suffer weight loss. Fatigue, nausea, vomiting, blurry vision, vaginal infections. skin infections, lethargy, and coma are all relative symptoms of undiagnosed or untreated diabetes.
stroke
A stroke is a medical emergency. Strokes happen when blood flow to your brain stops. Within minutes, brain cells begin to die. There are two kinds of stroke. The more common kind, called ischemic stroke, is caused by a blood clot that blocks or plugs a blood vessel that breaks and bleeds into the brain. "Mini-strokes" or transient ischemic attacks (TIAs), occur when the blood supply to the brain is briefly interrupted.
Signs and Symptoms:
Signs and Symptoms:
- Sudden numbness, tingling, weakness, or loss of movement in your face, arm, or leg, especially on only one side of your body.
- Sudden vision changes.
- Sudden trouble speaking.
- Sudden confusion or trouble understanding simple statements.
- Sudden problems with walking or balance.
- A sudden, severe headache that is different from past headaches.
Seizure
Seizures are symptoms of a brain problem. They happen because of sudden, abnormal electrical activity in the brain. When people think of seizures, they often think of convulsions in which a person's body shakes rapidly and uncontrollably. Not all seizures cause convulsions. There are many types of seizures and some have mild symptoms. Seizures fall into two main groups. Focal seizures, also called partial seizures, happen in just one part of the brain. Generalized seizures are a result of abnormal activity on both sides of the brain.
Signs and Symptoms:
Signs and Symptoms:
- Temporary confusion
- A staring spell
- Uncontrollable jerking movements of the arms and legs
- Loss of consciousness
Shock
Shock happens when your blood pressure is too low and not enough blood and oxygen can get your organs and tissues. Causes of shock include internal or external bleeding, dehydration, burns, or severe vomiting and/or diarrhea, All of these involve the loss of large amounts of body fluids. Shock often accompanies injury.
Signs and Symptoms:
Signs and Symptoms:
- Low blood pressure
- Rapid, shallow breathing
- dizziness