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Acid reflux into the mouth can cause breakdown of the enamel, especially on the inside surface of the teeth. A dry mouth, acid or burning sensation in the mouth, bad breath and redness of the palate may occur. [27] Less common symptoms of GERD include difficulty in swallowing, water brash, chronic cough, hoarse voice, nausea and vomiting. [26]
Indigestion, also known as dyspepsia or upset stomach, is a condition of impaired digestion. [2] Symptoms may include upper abdominal fullness, heartburn, nausea, belching, or upper abdominal pain. [3] People may also experience feeling full earlier than expected when eating. [4]
"Indigestion is a very subjective term that people use, and it is actually not really a medical symptom, per se," says Dr. Ketan Shah, a gastroenterologist at MemorialCare Saddleback Medical ...
Signs and symptoms are not mutually exclusive, for example a subjective feeling of fever can be noted as sign by using a thermometer that registers a high reading. [7] Because many symptoms of cancer are gradual in onset and general in nature, cancer screening (also called cancer surveillance) is a key public health priority. This may include ...
Later signs and symptoms may include weight loss, yellowing of the skin and whites of the eyes, vomiting, difficulty swallowing, and blood in the stool, among others. [1] The cancer may spread from the stomach to other parts of the body, particularly the liver, lungs, bones, lining of the abdomen, and lymph nodes. [11]
Early pancreatic cancer does not tend to result in any symptoms, but when a tumor is advanced, a patient may experience severe pain in the upper abdomen, possibly radiating to the back. [8] Another symptom might be jaundice, a yellowing of the skin and eyes. [9] Pancreatic cancer has a poor prognosis, [2] with a five-year survival rate of
[1] [2] Although classified under "symptoms and signs" in ICD-10, [3] in some contexts it is classified as a condition in its own right. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] [ 6 ] It may be a sensation that suggests difficulty in the passage of solids or liquids from the mouth to the stomach, [ 7 ] a lack of pharyngeal sensation or various other inadequacies of the ...
Colorectal cancer is still rare in people under 50, affecting fewer than 1% of younger adults. But the odds of being diagnosed with the disease in earlier adulthood have risen exponentially with ...