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Illnesses
From Kongregate
10
Medical
Not Applicable
12/25/2010

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Term
Angina
Definition

DES: chest pain due to lack of oxygen to heart muscle

SYMP: Chest Pain, Dyspnea, Heart Disease, High Blood Pressure, Chest Tightness and smoking and obesity

(last two are more like causes)

Term
Aortic Dissection
Definition

DES: a tear in a part of the aorta's wall

SYMP: Chest pain, Lower limb pallor, Reduced pedal pulses, and Syncope

Term
Asthma
Definition

DES: inflammation causing reversible obstruction of airways

SYMP: Cough, Wheezing, Dyspnea, Chest tightness, and Tachypnea

Term
Carotid Stenosis
Definition

DES: Narrowing of the carotid artery

SYMP: Syncope, Carotid Bruit, Vision Loss, and Smoking (although most likely smoking is a cause)

Term
Cirrhosis
Definition

DES: Scarred, nodular liver

SYMP: Ascites, Jaundice, Fatigue, Hepatomegaly and Splenomegaly

Term
Colorectal Cancer
Definition

DES: Cancer in the colon or rectum

SYMP: Pllor, Rectal bleeding, Melena, Tenesmus, Constipation, Fatigue, Weight loss, and smoking and heavy drinking (last two may be causes)

Term
Cor Pulmonale
Definition

DES: Right heart failure due to lung disease

SYMP: Edema, Distended neck veins, and Hepatomegaly

Term
GERD
Definition

DES: heart burn

SYMP: Chest pain, and cough, and smoking,heavy drinking and obesity (last three may be causes)

Term
Myocardial Infraction
Definition

DES: death of heart muscle from blocked coronary arteries

SYMP: chest pain, tachypnea, high blood pressure, tachycardia, diaphoresis, nausea, vomitting, left arm numbness, hear palpatations, and syncope and smokeing and obesity (last two may be causes)

Term
Infective Endocarditis
Definition

DES: bacterial infection of heart valves

SYMP: fever, splinter hemorrages, heart murmur, and Fatigue

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