Glossary for Vague symptoms

Medical terms related to Vague symptoms or mentioned in this section include:

• Acromegaly: An abnormal enlargement of the limbs due to increased secretion of growth hormone after the cessation of puberty
• Adult Cystic Fibrosis: Cystic fibrosis is an inherited condition characterized by the production of thick sticky mucus by the mucus glands in the lungs, intestines, liver and pancreas. The condition is most often diagnosed in children or young adults but occasionally, relatively mild symptoms may lead to frequent misdiagnosis or no diagnosis at all unless the symptoms become worse. The condition may be misdiagnosed as emphysema, asthma or chronic bronchitis. It is usually females with a mild form of the disease who tend to be diagnosed at a later age.
• Amebic dysentery: Intestinal inflammation caused by Entamoeba histolytica and often marked by symptoms such as frequent, loose bowel movements that contain blood and mucus. Also called intestinal amebiasis.
• Anemia: Reduced red blood cells in the blood
• Autoimmune thyroid diseases: Autoimmune diseases of the thyroid gland.
• Baylisascaris: Rare intestinal roundworm caught from animals.
• Brain abscess: abscess in the brain may involve any of the lobes of the brain
• Burning symptoms: Any burning or burn-like sensations.
• Celiac Disease: Digestive intolerance to gluten in the diet.
• Coal worker's pneumoconiosis: An often asymptomatic chronic lung disease caused by inhaling coal tust which then deposits in the lungs. Also called black lung disease, anthracosis or miner's pneumoconiosis.
• Common symptoms: The most common symptoms
• Congenital Toxoplasmosis: Fetal infection with toxoplasmosis.
• Deep vein thrombosis: The formation of a thrombosis in the deep veins usually within the legs
• Diabetes-like symptoms: Symptoms similar to those of diabetes
• Diabetic neuropathy: nerve damage which maybe motor, sensory and autonomic
• Digestive symptoms: Any symptoms affecting the digestive tract.
• Diphyllobothriasis: Tapeworm infection from eating undercooked fish.
• Diphyllobothrium latum infection: A tapeworm infection with a tapeworm species called Diphyllobothrium latum. The infection is called diphyllobothriasis and usually results from eating undercooked contaminated fish. Infections are most common in countries where eating raw fish is common e.g. Japan, North America, Asia and parts of Europe. The severity of symptoms is variable but most infections are asymptomatic. The tapeworm infestation can continue for decades if untreated.
• Encephalitis: Infection of the brain (as a symptom)
• Endocarditis: Inflammatory alterations of the endocardium of ones heart
• Enteroviruses: Viruses affecting the digestive tract.
• Fallopian tube cancer: A cancer that originates in the fallopian tubes which form part of the female reproductive organs. This type of cancer is relatively uncommon.
• Gestational diabetes: The occurrence of diabetes that's onset occurs during pregnancy
• Gonorrhea: Common sexually transmitted disease often without symptoms.
• Goodpasture syndrome: A rare disease involving inflammation of membranes in the lung and kidneys.
• Group A Streptococcal Infections: "Strep" bacteria responsible for strep throat, impetigo and some other strep conditions.
• Hemochromatosis: Excess of iron leading to problems with joints, liver, heart and pancreas.
• Hepatitis: Any inflammation of the liver
• High blood pressure: Excessive blood pressure.
• Hyperglycemia: Where there is an increase above normal of the blood sugar levels
• Hyperparathyroidism: Increased secretion of parathyroid hormone from the parathyroid glands.
• Hypothyroidism: The decreased activity of the thyroid gland
• Iron deficiency anemia: Iron-deficiency anemia is a blood condition characterized by low levels of iron in the body which leads to a reduction in the number of red blood cells.
• Japanese encephalitis: A form of encephalitis caused by a flavivirus (Japanese B encephalitis virus - JBEV) and transmitted by mosquito bites. Most cases are mild and asymptomatic but severe cases can lead to death.
• Listeriosis: Bacterial food poisoning
• Listeriosis of pregnancy: Listeria monocytogenes infection in pregnant women.
• Lupus: Autoimmune disease with numerous effects on various organs and linings.
• Lyme disease: Lyme disease is an emerging infectious disease caused by at least three species of bacteria belonging to the genus Borrelia.
• Malaise: General feelings of discomfort or being ill-at-ease.
• Malaria: A parasitic disease transmitted through mosquito bites.
• Melioidosis: Bacterial infection from soil or water.
• Mitral regurgitation: A condition which is characterized by a regurgitation of blood from the left ventricle into the atrium due to a problem with the mitral valve
• Mitral-valve prolapse: A common heart condition that is often harmless.
• Motion-sickness: sense of balance and equilibrium disturbed by normal motion
• Multiple Sclerosis: Autoimmune attack on spinal nerves causing diverse and varying neural problems.
• Nausea: The queasy feeling of nausea and often also vomiting.
• Nerve symptoms: Symptoms affecting the nerves
• No symptoms: The absence of noticable symptoms.
• Non-Specific Urethritis: Urethral infection usually sexually transmitted
• Ovarian cancer: A condition which is characterized by a malignancy that is located in the ovary
• Paget's disease of bone: A chronic, slowly progressing bone disorder where the bone is destroyed rapidly and replaced by abnormal bone which is dense and fragile.
• Paralytic shellfish poisoning: Rare food poisoning from eating contaminated shellfish
• Pneumoconiosis: A group of lung diseases caused by inhaling dust.
• Primary Fallopian Tube Cancer: A cancer that originates in the fallopian tubes which form part of the female reproductive organs. This type of cancer is relatively uncommon.
• Reovirus infection: An infectious disease caused by a virus from the Reovirdae family. Infection in humans is usually asymptomatic or produces only mild symptoms.
• Rift Valley Fever: Mosquito-borne viral infection affecting animals and humans
• Secondary Fallopian Tube Cancer: A cancer that originates in some other part of the body and metastasizes to the fallopian tubes which form part of the female reproductive organs. This type of cancer is relatively uncommon.
• Sexually Transmitted Diseases: Various diseases spread by sexual contact.
• Sick: Feeling ill or off color
• Tapeworms: Parasitic worm infestation of digestive or other organs.
• Thrombosis: Blood clot occurring in a blood vessel
• Thyroid disorders: Any disorder of the thyroid gland.
• Tingling: Tingling, prickling, or pins-and-needles sensations
• Toxoplasmosis: Infection often caught from cats and their feces.
• Trichinosis: Worm infection usually caught from pigs
• Vague symptoms: Vague, unclear, mild or non-specific symptoms
• Viral Hepatitis: hepatitis describes inflammation of the liver. Hepatitis may be caused by alcohol, drugs, autoimmune diseases, metabolic diseases, and viruses. Viral infection accounts for more than half the cases of acute hepatitis.
• Wegener's granulomatosis: A rare disease involving blood vessel inflammation which can affect the blood flow to various tissues and organs and hence cause damage. The respiratory system and the kidneys are the main systems affected.
• West Nile fever: Mosquito-borne infectious virus.

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