Pressure
Pressure: Introduction
Pressure refers to a physical feeling of pressing, hardness, tightness
or stiffness in a body area.
Pressure may be related to swelling or stiffness.
Particularly dangerous is chest pressure, which may indicate a heart attack,
even without chest pain.
Also serious is any type of abdominal pressure; see abdominal swelling or abdominal pain.
For analysis of mental or emotional pressure symptoms,
see stress, fatigue, and their related symptoms.
All pressure symptoms need prompt professional medical advice....more »
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Home Diagnostic Testing and Pressure
Home medical tests possibly related to Pressure:
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Causes of Types of Pressure:
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Pressure: Symptom Checker
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Pressure Treatments
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Videos for Pressure
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A stroke can induce a wide variety of disabilities. With timely and proper rehabilitation, however, patients can often learn how to regain...
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Pressure: Animations
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Medications or substances causing Pressure:
The following drugs, medications, substances or toxins are some of the possible
causes of Pressure as a symptom.
Always advise your doctor of any medications or treatments you are using,
including prescription, over-the-counter, supplements, herbal or alternative treatments.
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medications causing Pressure
Pressure: Comorbid Symptoms
Some of the comorbid or associated medical symptoms
for Pressure may include these symptoms:
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Causes of General Symptom Types
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Causes of Similar Symptoms to Pressure
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Misdiagnosis and Pressure
Undiagnosed stroke leads to misdiagnosed aphasia: BBC News UK reported on a man who
had been institutionalized and treated for mental illness
because he suffered from sudden...read more »
Dementia may be a drug interaction: A common scenario in aged care is for
a patient to show mental decline to dementia.
Whereas this can, of course, occur due to various medical conditions,
such as a ...read more »
Mild traumatic brain injury often remains undiagnosed: Although the symptoms
of severe brain injury are hard to miss,
it is less clear for milder injuries, or even those causing a mild concussion diagnosis.
The condition goes by the name of " mild traumatic...read more »
MTBI misdiagnosed as balance problem: When a person has symptoms
such as vertigo or dizziness, a diagnosis of brain injury may go overlooked.
This...read more »
Brain pressure condition often misdiagnosed as dementia: A condition
that results from an excessive pressure of CSF within the brain is often...read more »
Post-concussive brain injury often misdiagnosed: A study found that soldiers who had
suffered a concussive injury in battle often were misdiagnosed on their return.
A variety of symptoms can occur in post-concussion syndrome and these were...read more »
Children with migraine often misdiagnosed: A migraine often fails to be
correctly diagnosed in pediatric patients.
These patients are not the typical migraine sufferers, but migraines can also...read more »
Vitamin B12 deficiency under-diagnosed: The condition of Vitamin B12 deficiency
is a possible misdiagnosis of various conditions, such as ...read more »
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News Archives for Pressure
Medical news articles related to Pressure include:
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Medical Books Excerpts
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from the following published medical books
for more detailed information about Pressure.
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Medical Books Excerpts
- Hypertension
- "The 10-Minute Diagnosis Manual: Symptoms and Signs in the Time-Limited Encounter" (2000)
- [ read ]
- Hypertension
- "The Diagnostic Approach to Symptoms and Signs in Pediatrics" (2006)
- [ read ]
Copyright notice for book excerpts: Copyright © 2008 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. All rights reserved.
Pressure: Research Related Doctors & Specialists
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Pressure: Related Rare Diseases
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Pressure: Undiagnosed Conditions
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Detailed list of causes of Pressure
The list below shows some of the causes of Pressure mentioned in various sources:
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causes of Pressure
How Common are these Causes of Pressure?
This information refers to the general prevalence and incidence of these diseases,
not to how likely they are to be the actual cause of Pressure.
Of the 130
causes of Pressure that
we have listed, we have the following prevalence/incidence information:
- 3
causes are "very common" diseases
- 3
causes are "common" diseases
- 0
causes are "uncommon" diseases
- 0
causes are "rare" diseases
- 2
causes are "very rare" diseases
- 126
causes have no prevalence information.
See the analysis of the prevalence of 130
causes of Pressure
Conditions listing symptoms: Pressure:
The following list of conditions
have 'Pressure' or similar
listed as a symptom in our database.
This computer-generated list may be inaccurate or incomplete.
Always seek prompt professional medical advice about the cause
of any symptom.
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- Salicylate-sensitive asthma
... chest pressure, chest tightness
- Sarcoidosis
... chest tightness
- Seasonal asthma
... chest pressure, chest tightness
- Severe, refractory asthma
... chest pressure, chest tightness
- Silent asthma
... chest pressure, chest tightness
- Steroid-dependant asthma
... chest pressure, chest tightness
- Steroid-resistant asthma
... chest pressure, chest tightness
- Steroid-resistant asthma, type I
... chest pressure, chest tightness
- Steroid-resistant asthma, type II
... chest pressure, chest tightness
- Steroid-sensitive asthma
... chest pressure, chest tightness
- Stomach cancer
... abdominal hard mass
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Causes of Pressure Based on Risk Factors
This information shows analysis of the list of causes of Pressure based
on whether certain risk factors apply to the patient:
Travel - has the patient travelled recently?
Diabetes - history of diabetes or family history of diabetes?
Doctors and specialists: Who should I consult about Pressure?
Depending on the seriousness of the onset of Pressure, you may want to consult one of the following medical professionals.
Important:In extreme cases, always seek advice from emergency services :
Classifications of Pressure:
Subtypes of Pressure:
Chest pressure (126 causes), Pressure in Head, Chest tightness (120 causes)
Medical Conditions associated with Pressure:
Sensory symptoms (6628 causes), Nerve symptoms (8848 causes), Neurological symptoms (9194 causes), Pain (5963 causes), Sensations (6091 causes), Brain symptoms (2165 causes), Common symptoms (7994 causes), Body symptoms (4926 causes), Head symptoms (9526 causes)
Symptoms related to Pressure:
Swelling (3373 causes), Stiffness (658 causes), Abdominal swelling (466 causes), Chest pressure (126 causes), Blood pressure symptoms (636 causes), Abruptio Placentae (1 cause), Acute Bronchitis, Adult-onset asthma, Airborne allergy, Allergic asthma, Angina (30 causes), Angiofollicular lymph hyperplasia, Aspirin-induced asthma, Asthma (268 causes), Asthma in pregnancy, Exercise-Induced, Asthmatic Bronchitis
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