Do Not Ignore These 7 Kind Of Pain

There are times when a headache is just a headache and a heartburn is just a heartburn. However, there are times when some health issues come on suddenly, linger longer than usual, and seem different than just a usual headache or a heartburn. This is the time when your body is telling that something is wrong and it needs medical attention. According to our experts, all of the following pain conditions should be considered red flags.

1. Severe Head Pain

When you experience a severe head pain, it could just be a migraine, but it can also be a sign of a brain aneurysm if it isn’t accompanied by other migraine symptoms like visual aura, sudden severe head pain. Elsa-Grace Giardina, MD, a cardiologist and director of the Center for Women’s Health at New York-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center says that a burst aneurysm can cause brain damage within minutes, so she advices to call 911 immediately.

2. Chest pain

According to Arthur Agatston, MD, a preventive cardiologist: “Many patients could avoid needless worry and expense if they were to become well versed inwhat I think of as the subtle language of the heart, many.” According to Dr. Agatston’s experience, women are more prone to heart attack than men and there are 3 good indicators that something isn’t right. Moreover, he states that they occur in either gender. They are:varied shortness of breath, upper body pain that hasn’t occurred before and chest pain that doesn’t go away. Make sure to call 911 or your doctor immediately if you experience some of the previouslt mentioned symptoms.

3. Sharp Pain in Your Side

If you are running fever, feel nauseated and you feel like you are being skewered in your right side, it could mean that you have appendicitis, while in women it is possible that it is an ovarian cyst. Most commonly these fluid-filled sacs are harmless and dissapear on their own, but on the other hand, if they twist or some of them ruptures, it can cause terrible pain. An emergency surgery is necessary in both cases.

4. A Throbbing Tooth

If you have a tooth that is cracked or rotting away, it means that the tooth’s nerve has become damaged and if left untreated, the bacteria in your mouth can invade the nerve. If the tooth is already infected, it’ll require a root canal, in which the tooth’s bacteria-laden pulp is removed and replaced with plastic caulking material.

5. Back Pain with Tingling Toes

If you feel back pain with tingling toes after a hard physical work, don’t worry because the anti-inflammatories will banish the pain. on the other hand, if the pain doesn’t go away after some time, you should visit an orthopedist. Letha Griffin, MD, an orthopedist and sports medicine specialist in Atlanta says that probably one of your discs are pressing on the spinal nerve. Without proper attention, you risk permanent nerve damage.

6. Abdominal Discomfort with Gas or Bloating

When you feel gassy and bloated and you eat less than usual, the worst case scenario is that you probably have ovarian cancer. In 2007, the Gynecologic Cancer Foundation released the first national consensus on early symptoms of this form of cancer: bloating, pelvic or abdominal pain, and difficulties with eating. You should consider the situation serious if you start experiencing the abovementioned symptoms on a daily basis. Make sure to visit your ob-gyn immediately and discuss your symptoms.

7. Leg Pain with Swelling

If you feel that your calf is extremely tender in one location, swollen and red or warm to the touch, it could be a sign of deep-vein thrombosis commonly know as a blood clot. Do not massage this area as the clot braks free and it can travel through your veins up to your lungs and cut off your oxygen supply. Consult your doctor immediately. The doctor will fo a CT scan or ultrasound to check for DVT. If this is the case, then you would probably have to take blood thiners. In some cases, people need to take this medications for a year in order to dissolve the clot.

Know the Symptoms of a Stroke

According to the American Heart Association, stroke is considered as the third leading cause of death in America and a leading cause of other dangerous disabilities. If you or someone close to you is experiencing any of these symptoms, immediately call 911.

Some of the symptoms that can signify stroke are:
Sudden, severe headache with no known cause
Sudden trouble walking, dizziness, loss of balance or coordination
Sudden trouble seeing in one or both eyes
Sudden confusion, trouble speaking or understanding
Sudden numbness or weakness of the face, arm or leg, especially on one side of the body.