Start with your symptoms
Patient guides to conditions, diagnosis and treatment choices. Information for people in Ahmedabad and across Gujarat.
Search 26 topics using everyday language, symptoms or an existing diagnosis. Try “blood in phlegm”, “my legs hurt when I walk” or “pag ma dukhavo”.
Pain in the calf when you walk
Leg pain that returns with walking, a cold foot or a wound that will not heal: understand circulation tests and treatment choices.
Visible veins. Aching, heavy legs
Understand bulging leg veins, swelling and skin changes, and the roles of self-care, compression, vein procedures and surgery.
Heavy periods and fibroids
Heavy bleeding or pressure from fibroids: understand assessment, medicines, surgery, embolisation and the importance of future pregnancy plans.
Frequent urination. A weaker stream
Understand urinary symptoms, prostate assessment and the roles of monitoring, medicines, urological procedures and prostate artery embolisation.
A dragging ache or enlarged scrotal veins
A varicocele may be found during assessment of scrotal discomfort or fertility. Learn how observation, surgery and embolisation are considered.
Understanding liver tumour treatment
A liver tumour needs a diagnosis and a team plan. Understand surgery, medicines, radiotherapy and selected image-guided treatments.
A sudden change could be a stroke
Know sudden stroke warning signs, seek emergency help without delay, and understand how hospital scans guide treatment.
Information by body area
These introductions explain why an interventional opinion may be considered. Diagnosis and treatment remain individual decisions.
Brain & spine
Sudden facial droop, weakness or speech difficulty
A stroke can cause sudden facial droop, arm or leg weakness, altered speech, loss of vision or new difficulty with balance.
Symptoms, possible causes and when to seek help →A sudden extremely severe headache
A headache that reaches extreme intensity suddenly, within seconds or minutes, is different from a familiar gradually building headache.
Symptoms, possible causes and when to seek help →An aneurysm, AVM or fistula on a scan
A report may describe an aneurysm (an artery-wall bulge), an AVM (an abnormal tangle connecting arteries and veins), or a fistula (an abnormal direct connection).
Symptoms, possible causes and when to seek help →Back pain from a spinal compression fracture
A vertebral compression fracture is a collapse in one of the spinal bones.
Symptoms, possible causes and when to seek help →Head, neck & thyroid
A thyroid lump, cyst or neck pressure
A thyroid lump is usually felt in the lower front of the neck.
Symptoms, possible causes and when to seek help →Persistent nasal or head-and-neck bleeding
Bleeding may come from the nostril, run down the throat, or arise from a mouth or neck lesion.
Symptoms, possible causes and when to seek help →Chest & lungs
Blood in phlegm or coughing up blood
Blood may appear as streaks in mucus or as fresh blood coughed from the chest.
Symptoms, possible causes and when to seek help →Fluid around a lung
A pleural effusion is fluid in the space between a lung and the chest wall, rather than inside the breathing tubes.
Symptoms, possible causes and when to seek help →Liver, bile ducts & gut
Yellow eyes or jaundice
Yellowing of the whites of the eyes or skin reflects a build-up of bilirubin.
Symptoms, possible causes and when to seek help →Vomiting blood, black stools or blood in stool
Vomiting fresh blood or material like coffee grounds can signal upper digestive-tract bleeding.
Symptoms, possible causes and when to seek help →A liver tumour or liver lesion on a scan
A liver lesion means an area that looks different on imaging; it does not automatically mean cancer.
Symptoms, possible causes and when to seek help →Repeated abdominal fluid in liver disease
Ascites is fluid collecting in the abdomen.
Symptoms, possible causes and when to seek help →An abscess or internal fluid collection
An internal collection is a pocket of fluid seen on a scan.
Symptoms, possible causes and when to seek help →Kidneys & dialysis
A kidney blocked from draining urine
When urine cannot drain freely from a kidney, its collecting system can swell.
Symptoms, possible causes and when to seek help →Poor dialysis fistula flow
A dialysis fistula or graft is the access used to move blood to and from the dialysis machine.
Symptoms, possible causes and when to seek help →Pelvis & uterus
Heavy periods or pelvic pressure
Periods may be unusually heavy if bleeding disrupts normal activities, repeatedly soaks protection, lasts longer than usual or causes large clots.
Symptoms, possible causes and when to seek help →Persistent pelvic aching
Pelvic pain is felt low in the abdomen, between the hips.
Symptoms, possible causes and when to seek help →Heavy bleeding after childbirth
Some vaginal bleeding normally follows childbirth and should generally reduce over time.
Symptoms, possible causes and when to seek help →Prostate & scrotum
Frequent night-time urination or a weak stream
A weak or interrupted urine stream, straining, incomplete emptying, urgency or repeated night-time visits to the toilet can disturb sleep and daily life.
Symptoms, possible causes and when to seek help →Scrotal aching or enlarged veins
A dragging scrotal ache or a cluster of soft enlarged veins may be more noticeable after standing or exercise.
Symptoms, possible causes and when to seek help →Legs & feet
Pain in the calf when walking
An ache, cramp or tired feeling in the calf, thigh or buttock that starts with walking and settles after stopping can reflect a mismatch between a muscle's need for blood and its supply.
Symptoms, possible causes and when to seek help →Visible leg veins, heaviness or itching
Bulging or twisted veins may accompany aching, heaviness, ankle swelling or itching, often after prolonged standing.
Symptoms, possible causes and when to seek help →A foot wound that is not healing
A sore on the foot or toe may stay open, recur, discharge fluid or develop surrounding redness.
Symptoms, possible causes and when to seek help →A newly swollen or painful leg
A leg that becomes noticeably more swollen, sore, warm or discoloured than the other may have impaired venous drainage.
Symptoms, possible causes and when to seek help →Leg pain with tingling or back pain
Burning, electric pain, pins and needles or numbness may travel from the back or buttock into a leg.
Symptoms, possible causes and when to seek help →Biopsy & tests
A finding needing a tissue sample
A scan may show a lump, enlarged lymph node or unexplained organ change for which a tissue sample is suggested.
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