Glossary for Chest pain

• Actinomycosis: A chronic infection usually caused by an organism normally found in human bowels and mouths. The disease usually affects the face and neck and results in deep, lumpy abscesses that emit a grainy pus through multiple sinuses.
• Acute Bronchitis: Respiratory inflammation of the bronchi leading to the lungs
• Alcohol abuse: Excessive alcohol as a symptom of other conditions
• Alveolar Hydatid Disease: Rare multi-organ tapeworm infection caught from animals.
• Anemia: Reduced red blood cells in the blood
• Aneurysm: Swelling or ballooning of part of an artery
• Angina: Angina is a particular type of pain related to heart conditions
• Ankylosing Spondylitis: A form of chronic inflammation of the spine which may also affect joints in the shoulder, hip, neck, ribs and jaw. May result in loss of mobility. Also called Marie-Strumpell disease.
• Anxiety attack: Sudden onset of extreme anxiety
• Aorta conditions: Conditions that affect the aorta
• Aortic aneurysm: A localised dilatation of the aorta which results in a 50% increase in its diameter
• Aortic valve disease: Disease of the heart's aortic valve
• Arrhythmias: Irregularity in the heart's beating rhythm.
• Artery conditions: Any conditions affecting arteries
• Artery symptoms: Symptoms affecting the arteries (large blood vessels)
• Asbestosis: Lung condition from asbestos exposure
• Asthma: Repeated attacks of breathing difficulty.
• Asthmatic Bronchitis: A variant of asthma where cough, either chronic or during an exacerbation following a viral infection, is the main or only symptom
• Atheroma: A region of plaque occurring in atherosclerosis
• Atrial fibrillation: A rhythm disturbance of the heart that results in irregular and chaotic ventricular contractions.
• Atrial flutter: Heart arrhythmia where atria beat more often than ventricles
• Autoimmune Atherosclerosis: The formation of atherosclerosis through an autoimmune process
• Autoimmune Myocarditis: Myocarditis caused by an autoimmune reaction
• Barotrauma: Damage to the lungs, ear or sinuses caused by rapid or extreme changes in air pressure.
• Belching: Producing gas from the oral area.
• Blastomycosis: Rare soil-borne infection
• Bornholm disease: Contagious viral infection
• Bowel conditions: Medical conditions that affect the bowels
• Bowel movements: Changes in type or frequency of bowel motions
• Breathing symptoms: Symptoms affecting the breathing systems.
• Bronchitis: Inflammation of the bronchi as a symptom
• Carbon monoxide poisoning: Poisoning from breathing air with too much carbon monoxide, usually from combustion.
• Cardiomyopathy: Any disease of the heart muscle
• Cardiospasm: Failure of the lower oesophageal sphincter to relax, resulting in food build up in the upper oesophagus.
• Cartilage disorders: Diseases of the cartilage
• Cervical Spondylosis: Condition where bony changes within the cervical spine causes spinal cord compression with associated neck pain; usually seen in patients over 40 years of age.
• Chest pain: Pain in the chest region.
• Chest pressure: Uncomfortable pressure in the chest
• Chest symptoms: Symptoms affecting the chest region.
• Chickenpox: Common viral infection.
• Cholecystitis: Gall bladder inflammation (cholecystitis)
• Cholesterol and lipids: Levels of blood or urine cholesterol or lipids as a symptom
• Chondritis: Inflammation of the cartilage of the joint
• Chronic Kidney Disease: Long-term and generally irreversible disease of the kidneys due to infection, obstruction, congenital diseases or generalised diseases causing failure of the kidneys' normal functions.
• Chronic Pancreatitis: Chronic ongoing inflammation of the pancreas causing digestive complaints.
• Cocaine abuse: Stimulant drug with various effects
• Collapsed lung: Deflation of all or part of one lung
• Connective tissue disorders: Any condition affecting connective tissues.
• Cor pulmonale: Right ventricular enlargement and failure caused by pulmonary hypertension.
• Coronary heart disease: Disease affecting the heart's arteries (narrowed arteries)
• Cough: Any type of coughing symptom.
• Decompression sickness: Condition from overly rapid decompression, especially when diving.
• Dilated cardiomyopathy: Disease of the heart muscle
• Duodenal conditions: Any condition that affects the duodenum
• Duodenal ulcer: Type of peptic ulcer in the duodenum
• Duodenitis: Inflammation of the duodenal mucosa
• Ebola: Dangerous virus mostly found in Africa.
• Electrocution: Any injury caused by electricity
• Esophagitis: Inflammation of the esophagus
• Esophagus diseases: Diseases affecting the esophagus
• Esophagus symptoms: Symptoms affecting the esophagus (digestive throat passage)
• Fabry's Disease: An inherited metabolic disorder where phospholipids are deposited mostly in the blood vessels as well as other tissues and organs. Symptoms include skin lesions, small red spots on the abdomen, thighs and scrotum, fever, peripheral edema, hypertension and renal failure. Also called angiokeratoma corporis diffusion, Anderson's syndrome, Anderson-Fabry disease, Morbus Anderson-Fabry, Ruiter-Pompen syndrome or Sweeley-Klionsky disease.
• Filovirus: A group of viruses that includes Marburg and Ebola
• Flea-borne diseases: Diseases that are carried by fleas
• Friedreich's ataxia: Progressive muscle weakness from nerve damage.
• Gall bladder conditions: Any condition that affects the gallbladder
• Gas: Producing gas from the oral area.
• Gastric Ulcer: Painful erosion in wall of stomach due to increased acidity or irritation (eg bacterial infection, anti-inflammatory medication use)
• Gastritis: Inflammation of stomach lining.
• Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease: Repeated reflux of stomach acid into the throat.
• Gastroesophageal reflux: Is referred to as the reflux of contents of the duodenum and stomach into the oesophagus
• Gastrointestinal bleeding: Bleeding in any part of the digestive tract
• Glanders: Animal disease and possible bioterrorism threat.
• Halitosis: Bad breath
• Heart attack: Serious and often fatal acute heart condition
• Heart conditions: Any condition affecting the heart
• Heart rhythm symptoms: Problems with the rhythm of the heartbeat (arrhythmias)
• Heart symptoms: Symptoms affecting the heart
• Heartburn: Chest or digestive pain from reflux of stomach acid
• Hemothorax: Blood in the pleural cavity (near lungs)
• Hiatal hernia: Hernia of the stomach through the diaphragm muscle.
• High blood pressure: Excessive blood pressure.
• Hip cancer: The presence of tumour growth in the bone of the hip, whether due to primary malignancies e.g. leukaemic or myeloma infiltration of the bone marrow, or due to secondary metastases from another site e.g. lung or breast; cancer affecting bone of hip likely to affect other bones e.g. vertebra, ribs
• Histoplasmosis: Lung infection from fungus Histoplasma capsulatum
• Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy: Heart damage from thickened heart walls.
• Hyperventilation: Abnormally fast and deep breathing.
• Infection: Infections as a symptom.
• Injury: Any type of physical injury, typically from accidents or assault.
• Interstitial lung disease:
• Iron deficiency anemia: Reduced red blood cells from insufficient iron.
• Ischemic heart disease: Heart disease from reduced blood flow to the heart
• Kawasaki disease:
• Lassa fever: Infectious rat-borne West African disease.
• Legionnaires' disease: Airborne disease known for infections caused by air conditioning towers.
• Lipoproteinemia: A disorder in which the proteins that carry fat around the body are defective.
• Lung abscess: Pus (abscess) in the lung
• Lung cancer: Cancer of the lung, mostly related to smoking and tobacco.
• Lung conditions: Various conditions affecting the lungs or related airways.
• Lung symptoms: Symptoms affecting one or both lungs.
• Lupus: Autoimmune disease with numerous effects on various organs and linings.
• Lymphangioleiomyomatosis: Abnormal cell growth in lungs.
• Lymphocytic Choriomeningitis: Rodent-borne viral disease often causing meningitis or encephalitis
• Marburg virus: Serious virus related to Ebola.
• Melioidosis: Bacterial infection from soil or water.
• Mesothelioma: Type of lung cancer associated with asbestos.
• Mitral-valve prolapse: A common heart condition that is often harmless.
• Monosodium glutamate (MSG) adverse reaction: Allergy or adverse reaction to food additive Monosodium glutamate (MSG)
• Multiple Myeloma: Cancer causing tumors in bone marrow
• Myocarditis: Inflammation of the myocardium (muscle walls of the heart)
• Nerve conditions: Various conditions affecting the nerves.
• Nocardiosis: Rare infection of lungs, CNS or skin
• Pain: Any type of pain sensation symptoms.
• Pancreas symptoms: Symptoms affecting the pancreas gland
• Pancreatitis: Inflammation of the pancreas causing digestive complaints.
• Panic: Symptoms of intense fear and terror (often with the desire to flee)
• Panic attack: Sudden attack of unreasonable panic or fear without any real danger
• Panic disorder: Episodes of unexplained fear and panic.
• Peptic Ulcer: Ulcer on the lining of the stomach or duodenum
• Pericardial effusion: Occurs when there is an abnormal collection of fluid within the pericardial sac
• Pericarditis: Inflammation of the membrane surrounding the heart
• Pernicious anemia: Anemia from an underlying autoimmune digestive disorder.
• Pheochromocytoma: Rare tumor in the adrenal glands
• Pleural cancer: Cancer of the pleura (the lung lining membranes)
• Pleural effusion: A fluid collection between the layers that surround the lungs and chest wall.
• Pleurisy: Inflammation of the pleura.
• Pleuritic chest pain: Specific type of chest pain
• Pneumoconiosis: A group of lung diseases caused by inhaling dust.
• Pneumonia: Lung infection or inflammation (as a symptom)
• Pneumothorax: Air in the pleural spaces around the lungs.
• Porphyria: Rare genetic condition affecting nerves or skin.
• Post-traumatic stress disorder: Stress following a traumatic event.
• Pregnancy symptoms: Symptoms related to pregnancy.
• Primary pulmonary hypertension: High lung artery blood pressure from unknown causes.
• Pulmonary embolism: Blocked lung blood vessel often from a blood clot.
• Pulmonary hypertension: High blood pressure in arteries connecting the right-side of the heart to lungs.
• Pulmonary valve stenosis: Narrowing of the pulmonary heart valve
• Q fever: Bacterial infection from sheep or dairy animals
• Reflux: Rising stomach acid up the esophagus
• Respiratory symptoms: Symptoms affecting the breathing systems.
• Rib Bruise: Bruise occurring on or around the ribs.
• Rib Tumor: The presence of tumour growth in the ribs, whether due to primary malignancies e.g. leukaemic or myeloma infiltration of the bone marrow, or due to secondary bony metastases from another site e.g. lung or breast.
• Rib fracture: Fracture of a rib in the chest.
• Rib pain: Pain occurring on or around the ribs.
• Sarcoid: A fleshy tumor.
• Sarcoidosis: Rare autoimmune disease usually affecting the lungs.
• Severe cough: Acute or persistent cough
• Shingles: Infectious viral infection occuring years after chickenpox infection.
• Shortness of breath: The feeling of being short of breath
• Sickle Cell Anemia: Genetic disease causing anemia from improperly formed red blood cells.
• Silicosis: Lung condition from silica exposure
• Smoking: The use of cigarette or other forms of tobacco.
• Spinal Arthritis: Degenerative arthritic changes in the back causing pain and loss of function; may be due to age-related degenerative change (osteoarthritis) or due to autoimmune disease (rheumatoid arthritis).
• Spinal Cord Tumor: Cancer of the spinal cord or central nervous system.
• Spinal conditions: Any disorder of the spine or spinal cord.
• Streptococcal Toxic Shock Syndrome: Toxic shock from streptococcal bacteria infection.
• Stress: Emotional stress (sometimes refers to physical stress)
• Supraventricular Tachycardia: A rapid heart rate, the cause of which originates above the ventricles.
• Systemic Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis: Onset of JRA with fevers and systemic symptoms
• Thallium poisoning: Poisoning from ingesting the heavy metal thallium.
• Thyroiditis: Inflammation of the thyroid gland.
• Tietze syndrome: Redness, swelling and pain of the cartilage of the rib cage.
• Tracheitis: Inflammation of the trachea
• Trichinosis: Worm infection usually caught from pigs
• Tuberculosis: Bacterial infection causing nodules forming, most commonly in the lung.
• Wegener's granulomatosis: Disease with granuloma growths in various body organs.
• Whipple's Disease: Rare malabsorption disease from bacterial digestive infection
• Wolf-Parkinson-White syndrome: Heart arrhythmia causing increased heart rate