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7 symptoms never to hide from your doctor

Go straight to the ER if you ever experience a thunderclap headache.

7 symptoms never to hide from your doctor

Go straight to the ER if you ever experience a thunderclap headache.

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7 symptoms never to hide from your doctor

Go straight to the ER if you ever experience a thunderclap headache.

You should be focusing on your work, your kids, your day as a whole, but you just can't get your mind off something. It's this you can't explain away, no matter how much you want to 바카라 게임 웹사이트 and you really, really want to. Maybe you've been struggling with it for a while or maybe it just came on suddenly. The point is, it's scaring you, and your first instinct is to pretend it's not happening. Don't!

"Any symptom that comes on abruptly means you need to pay attention to it," says , an internist in San Francisco at Forward primary care practice and a Robert Wood Johnson clinical scholar at the University of California, Los Angeles. "A symptom that's been worrying you, too, always warrants a call to your doctor. He or she can quickly tell you if you need to go to the ER, or should make an appointment to come in."

The point is, don't let fear keep you from getting the care you need. Take action if you experience any of the following symptoms. They could mean nothing, but it's better to be safe than sorry.

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Severe Headache

"Context is everything here," said Favini. "If you've had a that's been going on a while, it's okay to wait to see your doctor, but a really rapid onset headache that feels like a thunderclap? Like the worst headache of your life? Take that seriously and go to the ER. It could be a sign of bleeding in your brain or a stroke."

Age is also a differentiating factor if you start experiencing new headaches after turning 50. "It's more rare to start getting migraines at that age," Favini continued. "If you already have migraines and find them changing 바카라 게임 웹사이트 like the pain feels really different, more severe, or you're getting migraines more frequently 바카라 게임 웹사이트 make an appointment to see your doctor."

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Sudden Hearing Loss

"The most common causes for this are going to be benign 바카라 게임 웹사이트 like earwax problems, or water in the ear after you take a shower 바카라 게임 웹사이트 so you want to eliminate those as possibilities first," said Favini. "But sudden loss of hearing could also have some serious causes. You could have a tumor of the auditory nerve; hearing loss can also be a sign of MS. It would be surprising if sudden hearing loss was a symptom of anything that's a true emergency, but it could conceivably be a symptom of a stroke."

Contact your doctor, describe what you're experiencing, and ask them if you need to get to the ER.

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Stomach Bloating and Pain

If the scale doesn't say you've gained weight, but your jeans aren't fitting, don't ignore it. "In addition to the , if you experience a gnawing pain in the top middle part of your abdomen, it could mean you have a gastric ulcer," Favini explained.

"Pain in the right lower part of your abdomen with bloating could mean appendicitis. Watch for a fever here, too. If you experience nausea, diarrhea, a feeling of fullness that stops you from eating or unintentional weight loss, those could be signs of cancer when experienced with bloating. Take those symptoms to your doctor."

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Dizziness

Feeling dizzy is often no big deal. It could mean you're dehydrated or have an inner ear issue that causes vertigo (meaning everything seems to spinning around you).

"If you don't feel dizzy when you're lying down, but you feel it when you stand up, you could very well ," said Favini. "However, if you experience dizziness with any bleeding, that could be serious. Dizziness that gets much worse when you turn your head to side to side is not likely to be vertigo. It could have a neurological cause, as could dizziness with a super-sudden onset. You want to make sure you aren't experiencing a , so get immediate medical attention."

Also, go to the ER if you feel dizzy after any recent head injury.

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Trouble Urinating

"That could indicate that you could have nerve damage due to a tumor, or often a herniated disk," said Favini. Try to drink some water. If that doesn't work but you feel the physical need to go, call your doctor right away.

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Back Pain

"It's serious, potentially, when the pain is severe, accompanied by weakness, or is extensive," said. Favini. "If you experience and you can't control your urine or your stool, these can be signs of nerve compression from a mass, or from infection of the joints of the back." Head to the ER pronto.

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Focal Symptoms

You probably know this already, but you can never hear it enough: Never ignore even brief symptoms of weakness, or trouble speaking. "Those symptoms are very concerning in terms of stroke, so you want to go to the ER," said Favini. Being proactive is always the right thing to do.