Diabetes:People with diabetes have a higher risk of developing several diseases and conditions, many of them contribute to a higher risk of heart attack. Diet:Someone who consumes large quantities of, for example, saturated ...
throat, and sometimes your lungs. You can get sick by being around someone with the flu when they cough, sneeze, or talk. That's because the virus travels through the air on tiny droplets of fluid. If flu germs land on a surface and you touch them, then touch your nose, eyes, or ...
Other terms used for a heart attack include myocardial infarction, cardiac infarction, and coronary thrombosis (Infarction refers to the process whereby an area of dead tissue is caused by a loss of blood supply). 心肌梗塞的其他术语还包括:myocardial infarction,cardiac infarction, 和 coronary thrombos...
Heart rhythm problems A low red blood cell count, also called anemia Pneumonia and other respiratory infections Pregnancy A severe allergic reaction known as anaphylaxis Sudden blood loss Some of the more common causes of long-term dyspnea are: Fluid around the lungs Asthma Unable to perform physic...
They occur in only 10% to 50% of stage 4 mesothelioma cases. It can affect distant organs, including the chest and brain. Rare Peritoneal Mesothelioma Symptoms Blood clotting Fluid buildup around the lungs (pleural effusions) Fluid buildup in the sac around the heart (pericardial effusions) ...
In our 2023 State of Mesothelioma survey, 53% of patients commonly reported fluid around the lungs as their most common symptom. Some signs of pleural mesothelioma can sometimes lead to doctors misdiagnosing the disease as another more common respiratory condition. “Many oncologists, primary care...
Blood pressure is actually a measure of two pressures, the systolic and the diastolic. The systolic pressure (the higher pressure and the first number recorded) is the force that blood exerts on thearterywalls as the heart contracts to pump the blood to theperipheralorgans and tissues. The dia...
Bronchitis, inflammation of all or part of the bronchial tree (the bronchi), through which air passes into the lungs. The most obvious symptoms are a sensation of chest congestion and a mucus-producing cough. Under ordinary circumstances, the sensitive m
There are four types of this cancer: Pleural mesothelioma, which affects the lining of the lungs Peritoneal mesothelioma, affecting the lining of the abdomen Pericardial mesothelioma, affecting the lining of the heart Testicular mesothelioma, which affects the lining of the tunica vaginalis, or testes...
Calcification of a valve may also result in stenosis. This causes the heart muscle to work harder to push blood through the narrowed opening. Like any muscle that has to work harder, the heart muscle will hypertrophy and thicken. Heart failure, where fluid builds up in the lungs and ...