"Ask not what the symptoms of a disease are; ask what the symptoms of a particular patient mean."
If you look up WebMD for “high cholesterol symptoms”, it will tell you that high cholesterol has no symptoms. If you look up Mayo clinic website for “high cholesterol symptoms”, it will give you signs and symptoms of heart attacks and strokes because high cholesterol increases your risk of having a heart attack or a … Read more High cholesterol symptoms, signs and risk factors
Are your triglycerides high? Before knowing high triglyceride symptoms, you need to know what triglycerides are. Simply speaking, triglycerides are fats. Triglycerides are called “fat” when they are solid and called “oil” when they are liquid. Here are some household examples of triglycerides: animal fat, olive oil, corn oil, butter, whale oil, fish oil, and … Read more High triglycerides symptoms
Anemia definition Anemia literally means lack of blood. In medical terms, anemia specifically means lack of oxygen carrying red component of your blood. The actual substance that carries oxygen in your blood is hemoglobin. This hemoglobin is contained inside the red blood cells. Therefore, anemia means a lack of hemoglobin or lack of red blood … Read more Anemia symptoms and causes
What is COPD? COPD stands for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease. It a disease that slowly damages your lungs. COPD signs and symptoms Many signs of COPD develop slowly over a long period of time.It is easy to miss COPD signs and symptoms because of this slow progression. Here is the list of all 25 COPD … Read more 25 COPD signs and symptoms you need to know
What is considered shortness of breath? Generally speaking, shortness of breath means having a hard time breathing. However, symptoms of shortness of breath can vary significantly in speed and degree of breath shortness. In milder forms of shortness of breath, you may only have shortness of breath when walking too fast. Feeling out of breath … Read more Shortness of breath: Everything you need to know
In this article, I will explain in detail what mini heart attacks mean and I will help you understand the difference between mini heart attack, pre-heart attack, major heart attack and silent heart attack. Mini heart attack symptoms ( also known as mild heart attack symptoms ) vs Major heart attack symptoms First, I want … Read more Mini heart attack symptoms
Blood clot in lung symptoms Blood clot in lung symptoms can vary significantly from patient to patient. It is important to think about the possibility of pulmonary embolism (medical name for blood clot in lung) if you have any of the symptoms listed below. Here is a complete list of blood clot in lung symptoms … Read more Blood clot in lung
Blood clot symptoms in leg can be very non-specific. It is very important to think about the possibility of a blood clot when you have any new symptom in your leg. If you have risk factors for a blood clot, you need to be specially vigilant. Here are some common blood clot symptoms in leg: … Read more blood clot symptoms in leg
Pneumonia symptoms based on patient age and health status Pneumonia is an infection of the lungs. However, symptoms of pneumonia may not be confined to your lungs. There are several online symptom checkers on major medical information websites that list several symptoms of pneumonia. However, symptoms of pneumonia depend more on the severity of pneumonia … Read more Pneumonia symptoms based on patient age and health status
Self Diagnosis: What do my symptoms mean? Can you really do self diagnosis? Yes you can, as long as you ask the right question and obtain some basic medical knowledge. These are the two basic things you absolutely need for self diagnosing. The right question you need to ask yourself for self diagnosis is “What … Read more Self Diagnosis