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17 symptom results for “breathlessness”
- Breathlessness Breathlessness means feeling short of air, unable to take a full breath, or breathing faster than usual. It can come from the lungs, heart, blood, anxiety or infection, and severe or sudden breathlessness needs urgent care.
- Chest pain Chest pain can feel like pressure, tightness, burning, heaviness or sharp pain. Because serious heart and lung problems can feel similar to less serious causes, new or worrying chest pain should be assessed quickly.
- Dizziness Dizziness can mean feeling light-headed, unsteady, faint or like the room is spinning. It can come from dehydration, inner ear problems, low blood pressure, heart rhythm issues, stroke-like problems or anxiety, so red flags matter.
- Heart attack People often use "heart attack" for severe chest pressure, sweating, breathlessness or collapse. These symptoms can be life-threatening and need emergency care because only urgent assessment can confirm the cause.
- Abdominal pain Abdominal pain means pain anywhere from the chest line to the pelvis. It can come from the stomach, intestines, liver, urinary system or reproductive organs, and severe or worsening pain needs prompt care.
- Anxiety Anxiety can feel like worry, fear, panic, fast heartbeat, chest tightness, trembling or trouble sleeping. It is common and treatable, but symptoms that feel physical or unsafe should be discussed with a clinician.
- High blood pressure High blood pressure often has no symptoms, but some people notice headache, dizziness, chest discomfort or blurred vision. Repeated high readings should be discussed with a clinician because long-term high pressure can affect the heart, brain and kidneys.
- Joint pain Joint pain can affect one joint or many joints, with stiffness, swelling or reduced movement. Causes range from strain to infection or inflammation, so red, hot, swollen or very painful joints need prompt care.
- Pregnancy Pregnancy may be suspected after a missed period, positive home test, nausea, breast tenderness or tiredness. A clinician can confirm pregnancy, check wellbeing and guide safe antenatal care.
- Cough Cough is the body's way of clearing the throat and airways. It is often short-lived, but cough with breathing trouble, blood, fever or weight loss needs medical assessment.
- Back pain Back pain can be felt in the neck, upper back or lower back. Many cases relate to muscles or posture, but pain with weakness, bladder problems, fever or injury needs urgent medical assessment.
- Fever Fever means the body temperature is higher than usual. It is often linked to infection, but it can also happen with heat illness or inflammation, so a clinician may need to check the cause.
- Hair fall Hair fall means losing more hair than usual from the scalp or body. It is common after stress, illness, childbirth, nutritional problems or scalp conditions, and a clinician can help look for treatable causes.
- Headache Headache is pain or pressure in any part of the head, face or neck. Most headaches are not dangerous, but sudden severe headache or headache with neurological symptoms needs urgent care.
- Skin rash A skin rash is a change in skin colour, texture or feeling, such as redness, bumps, itching or peeling. Rashes can come from allergy, infection, heat, medicines or other conditions, and some need urgent care.
- Sore throat A sore throat is pain, scratchiness or irritation in the throat, often worse when swallowing. It is commonly linked with viral infection, allergies, smoke or tonsil problems, but breathing or swallowing difficulty needs urgent care.
- Vomiting Vomiting means forcefully bringing up stomach contents. It may happen with stomach infection, food poisoning, pregnancy, migraine or other illness, and repeated vomiting can cause dehydration.