Category: Symptoms and Signs
The pulmonary wedge pressure is measured with the help of the pulmonary artery catheter. When a patient is offering from mitral valve stenosis that leads to left ventricular failure, …
You must have heard that smoking, age, diabetes, stress and obesity are life threatening diseases as they increase the blood pressure levels. It actually means that the individual may …
Have you noticed that every time you visit your doctor he will measure your blood pressure? Have you ever wondered what actually is meant by blood pressure? It is …
Haemoptysis is the medical term for coughing up blood. Spitting of blood may occur from any slight bleeding from the teeth, gums or a congested throat. Sputum may contain streaks of …
Blood in stool appears due to bleeding from the lower intestinal tract, i.e., anus, rectum and colon. You can have a rough idea of the site of bleeding by …
Bleeding from nose is a common symptom. Although frightening, only rarely is it serious and can be controlled easily. In patients of high blood pressure, it frequently acts as …
Enuresis, bed-wetting as we call it, is involuntary passing of urine, especially at night. It is quite normal for infants and small children to wet their beds, but most …
Difficult or laboured breathing (dyspnoea) is a common symptom and signifies obstruction to flow of air into and out of lungs in asthma, or disease of the lungs, e.g. …