List of Symptoms to Help Guide You

When a paramedic arrives at your side when you are feeling chest pain, she really has one thing to decide at first: Is the chest pain coming from your heart or not? Learn about the different chest pain causes.

Fainting treatment is focused on treating the reason for fainting rather than treating the fainting itself.

The best way to avoid fainting is to lie down when the symptoms start. Victims can prevent fainting by learning to recognize fainting.

Fainting can be from a near death experience, the sight of blood, a medical condition known as syncope or a host of other causes. Have you fainted? What happened? Share your story of fainting and read what has happened to others.

Fainting (syncope) is a sudden loss of consciousness from a lack of blood flow to the brain. Victims usually wake up quickly after collapsing. Although fainting is defined as a sudden loss of consciousness, the moments leading up to actually passing out will probably show several signs and symptoms that the victim is about to faint.

"Cold sweats" refers to sudden sweating that doesn't come from heat or exertion. The medical term for cold sweats is diaphoresis. Cold sweats come from the body's response to stress, called a fight or flight response.

Go to any medical site on the internet to research any medical condition and you're likely to read a list of signs and symptoms for it. Most people understand the idea of indications and feelings that help identify medical problems, but do you know what the difference is between signs and symptoms?

Sometimes it can be difficult to figure out where to turn for help. Defining symptoms will help victims determine where to turn. Use this interactive list of symptoms to help find problems.

Generalized weakness is one of the most common medical complaints of seniors. There are several causes of generalized weakness. Learn about generalized weakness

Dizziness is a sign that the brain is ill or injured. Learn about causes of dizziness that are potentially life-threatening.

Confusion is a sign that the brain is ill or injured. Learn about causes of confusion that are potentially life-threatening.

Pain tells the body that something is wrong. Being specific about pain helps medical professionals diagose problems.

Fainting (syncope) is a sudden loss of consciousness from a lack of blood flow to the brain. Victims usually wake up quickly after collapsing.

If you're feeling chest pain, don't drive. For heart attacks and pulmonary emboli, it's better to rest while waiting for the ambulance. The more you move around, the more you stress the heart.

Chest pain symptoms and assessing the symptom of chest pain to determine if it comes from a heart attack.

Confusion is often listed as a major sign of injury or illness. When I was teaching emergency medical technicians I would sometimes ask students to play a confused patient for our scenarios. Sometimes they got it right but sometimes they just acted psychotic, which is not the same thing. Do you know how to tell if someone is confused, especially...