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Symptom finder · Ahmedabad

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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.

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Legs & feet

Visible leg veins, heaviness or itching

Bulging or twisted veins may accompany aching, heaviness, ankle swelling or itching, often after prolonged standing.

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Legs & feet

A foot wound that is not healing

A sore on the foot or toe may stay open, recur, discharge fluid or develop surrounding redness.

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Legs & feet

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.

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Legs & feet

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.

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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.

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Pelvis & uterus

Persistent pelvic aching

Pelvic pain is felt low in the abdomen, between the hips.

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Pelvis & uterus

Heavy bleeding after childbirth

Some vaginal bleeding normally follows childbirth and should generally reduce over time.

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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.

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Prostate & scrotum

Scrotal aching or enlarged veins

A dragging scrotal ache or a cluster of soft enlarged veins may be more noticeable after standing or exercise.

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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.

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Brain & spine

A sudden extremely severe headache

A headache that reaches extreme intensity suddenly, within seconds or minutes, is different from a familiar gradually building headache.

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Brain & spine

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).

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Brain & spine

Back pain from a spinal compression fracture

A vertebral compression fracture is a collapse in one of the spinal bones.

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Head, neck & thyroid

A thyroid lump, cyst or neck pressure

A thyroid lump is usually felt in the lower front of the neck.

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Head, neck & thyroid

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.

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Chest & lungs

Blood in phlegm or coughing up blood

Blood may appear as streaks in mucus or as fresh blood coughed from the chest.

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Chest & lungs

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.

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Liver, bile ducts & gut

Yellow eyes or jaundice

Yellowing of the whites of the eyes or skin reflects a build-up of bilirubin.

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Liver, bile ducts & gut

Vomiting blood, black stools or blood in stool

Vomiting fresh blood or material like coffee grounds can signal upper digestive-tract bleeding.

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Liver, bile ducts & gut

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.

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Liver, bile ducts & gut

Repeated abdominal fluid in liver disease

Ascites is fluid collecting in the abdomen.

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Liver, bile ducts & gut

An abscess or internal fluid collection

An internal collection is a pocket of fluid seen on a scan.

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Kidneys & dialysis

A kidney blocked from draining urine

When urine cannot drain freely from a kidney, its collecting system can swell.

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Kidneys & dialysis

Poor dialysis fistula flow

A dialysis fistula or graft is the access used to move blood to and from the dialysis machine.

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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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