Neck pain (cervicalgia) is a pain sensation of a different nature and intensity that occurs in the cervical region. The symptom is accompanied by dizziness, numbness of the neck or arm, local redness and swelling of the skin. The neck can hurt with infectious and inflammatory diseases of this area, injuries and degenerative processes in the spine, after a long stay in a forced uncomfortable position. To determine the cause of pain in the neck, CT, MRI, ultrasound, and laboratory tests are prescribed. To stop the symptom, analgesics, NSAIDs, and physiotherapy methods are used.
Ear congestion is a subjective discomfort in the form of a feeling of pressure in the ear, "fullness" of the ear canal, hearing loss. The symptom is observed with pressure drops, inflammatory diseases of the auditory analyzer and nasopharynx, taking certain medications. To determine the cause of congestion, otoscopy, audiometry, X-ray examination of the bones of the skull, laboratory tests, and the patency of the Eustachian tube are assessed. Medications are prescribed only after determining the disease that has disrupted the functioning of the hearing organ.
Difficulty in exhalation (expiratory dyspnea) is a violation of the respiratory function with a significant lengthening of the exhalation, accompanied by a subjective feeling of fullness, tightness in the chest. The symptom is pathognomonic for bronchial asthma. Expiratory dyspnea is also observed in bronchial obstructive diseases, chronic lung diseases, and some tumors. To identify the causes of difficult exhalation, x-rays, spirography, bronchoscopy, and laboratory tests are performed. Bronchodilators, glucocorticosteroids, antihistamines, expectorants are used to relieve symptoms.
Melena is black tarry stools that are formed during heavy (more than 60 ml) acute or chronic bleeding from different parts of the gastrointestinal tract. The cause of the pathological condition may be primary lesions of the digestive system, violations of the hemostasis system, some infectious diseases. In order to detect the source and cause of hemorrhage, endoscopic, radiological and laboratory research methods are used. With a characteristic change in the appearance of feces, you should immediately consult a doctor.
Vomiting of bile is a reflex act of secreting the contents of the duodenum and stomach with inclusions of bile acids, due to spontaneous contraction of the smooth muscles of the stomach, abdominal muscles and diaphragm. Often combined with other dyspeptic disorders, indicates diseases of the gastrointestinal tract and hepatobiliary system. Sometimes vomiting with an admixture of bile occurs with surgical pathology, acute poisoning, pregnancy. X-ray, endoscopic, ultrasound and laboratory methods are used to identify the causes. To stop the symptom, herbal remedies, prokinetics, choleretics are used.
Vomiting blood is the sudden, uncontrolled discharge of bright red (hematemesis) or brown (coffee grounds) vomit through the mouth. The symptom is most characteristic of gastric ulcer, other factors include inflammatory or destructive diseases of the esophagus and gastroduodenal zone, liver damage, pathologies of the blood coagulation system, and taking certain medications. To clarify the causes of vomiting, endoscopic, radiological, ultrasound and laboratory research methods are used. Drugs are prescribed only after a clinical diagnosis has been made.
Nausea after eating is an unpleasant painful sensation in the stomach, esophagus and oropharynx, which occurs immediately or some time after eating and is accompanied by a violation of general well-being. Nausea often precedes vomiting. The symptom may have physiological prerequisites: overeating, pregnancy, but is more often determined in various pathologies of the digestive tract and hepatobiliary system. To identify the causes of nausea, ultrasound, endoscopy, radiography and laboratory methods are used. Herbal teas, prokinetics, sorbents, antihistamines help to reduce discomfort.
Cold sweat is excessive sweating, which is accompanied by cold skin, chills. The symptom occurs against the background of weakness, dizziness. There are various reasons for the development of cold sweat: disorders of the autonomic nervous system, blood loss and other emergency conditions, endocrine and cardiac diseases. To identify the cause of the disorder, ECG, echocardiography, ultrasound, x-ray imaging methods, and laboratory tests are used. To eliminate cold sweat, the underlying disease is treated.