Esophageal cancer and Symptoms

Esophageal cancer is cancer that occurs in the esophagus — a long, hollow tube that runs from your throat to your stomach. Your esophagus carries food you swallow to your stomach to be digested.

Esophageal cancer usually begins in the cells that line the inside of the esophagus. Esophageal cancer can occur anywhere along the esophagus, but in people in the United States, it occurs most often in the lower portion of the esophagus. More men than women get esophageal cancer.

Esophageal cancer isn't common in the United States. In other areas of the world, such as Asia and parts of Africa, esophageal cancer is much more common.

Symptoms

Signs and symptoms of esophageal cancer include:

1. Difficulty swallowing (dysphagia)
2. Weight loss without trying
3. Chest pain, pressure or burning
4. Fatigue
5. Frequent choking while eating
6. Indigestion or heartburn
7. Coughing or hoarseness

Enlarged spleen and Symptoms

Your spleen is a small organ located just below your rib cage on your left side. Normally, your spleen is about the size of a fist, but a number of conditions — from infections to liver disease and some cancers — can cause an enlarged spleen, also known as splenomegaly (spleh-no-MEG-uh-lee).

Most people don't have symptoms with an enlarged spleen. The problem is often discovered during a routine physical exam. Your doctor won't be able to feel a normal-sized spleen — unless you're very slender — but can feel an enlarged spleen.

Treatment for an enlarged spleen focuses on relieving the underlying condition. Although surgically removing an enlarged spleen isn't a first choice, it may be an option for you in certain situations.

Symptoms

An enlarged spleen may cause:

• No symptoms, in some cases
• Pain or fullness in the left upper abdomen that may spread to the left shoulder
• Feeling full without eating or after eating only a small amount — this can occur when an enlarged spleen presses on your stomach
• Anemia
• Fatigue
• Frequent infections
• Easy bleeding

Enlarged liver and Symptoms

An enlarged liver is one that's bigger than normal. The liver is a large, football-shaped organ found in the upper right portion of your abdomen. The medical term for enlarged liver is hepatomegaly (hep-uh-to-MEG-uh-le).

Enlarged liver isn't a disease. It's a sign of an underlying problem, such as liver disease, congestive heart failure or cancer.

Treatment for enlarged liver involves identifying and controlling the underlying cause of the condition.

Symptoms

An enlarged liver may not cause any symptoms.

When enlarged liver occurs because of liver disease, it may be accompanied by:

• Abdominal pain
• Fatigue
• Nausea and vomiting
• Yellowing of the skin and the whites of the eyes (jaundice

Enlarged heart and Symptoms

Enlarged heart (cardiomegaly) isn't a disease, but rather a symptom of another condition.

The term "cardiomegaly" most commonly refers to an enlarged heart seen on chest X-ray before other tests are performed to diagnose the specific condition causing your cardiomegaly. You may develop an enlarged heart temporarily because of a stress on your body, such as pregnancy, or because of a medical condition, such as the weakening of the heart muscle, coronary artery disease, heart valve problems or abnormal heart rhythms.

While having an enlarged heart may not always be preventable, it's usually treatable. Treatment for enlarged heart is aimed at correcting the underlying cause. Treatment for an enlarged heart can include medications, medical procedures or surgery.

Symptoms

In some people, an enlarged heart causes no signs or symptoms. Others may have these signs and symptoms:

• Shortness of breath
• Dizziness
• Abnormal heart rhythm (arrhythmia)
• Swelling (edema)
• Cough
• Chest pain

Endocarditis and Symptoms

Endocarditis is an infection of the inner lining of your heart (endocardium).

Endocarditis typically occurs when bacteria or other germs from another part of your body, such as your mouth, spread through your bloodstream and attach to damaged areas in your heart. Left untreated, endocarditis can damage or destroy your heart valves and can lead to life-threatening complications. Treatments for endocarditis include antibiotics and, in severe cases, surgery.

Endocarditis is uncommon in people with healthy hearts. People at greatest risk of endocarditis have a damaged heart valve, an artificial heart valve or other heart defects.

Symptoms

Endocarditis may develop slowly or suddenly — depending on what's causing the infection and whether you have any underlying heart problems. The infection can infect different people differently, so signs and symptoms vary. They may include:

• Fever
• Chills
• A new or changed heart murmur — abnormal heart sounds made by blood rushing through your heart
• Fatigue
• Aching joints and muscles
• Night sweats
• Shortness of breath
• Paleness
• Persistent cough
• Swelling in your feet, legs or abdomen
• Unexplained weight loss
• Blood in your urine (either visible or found in a doctor's viewing of your urine under a microscope)
• Tenderness in your spleen — an infection-fighting abdominal organ on your left side, just below your rib cage
• Osler's nodes — red, tender spots under the skin of your fingers
• Petechiae (puh-TEE-key-e) — tiny purple or red spots on the skin, whites of your eyes or inside your mouth

Egg allergy and Symptoms

Eggs are one of the most common allergy-causing foods in children.

Egg allergy symptoms usually occur a few minutes to a few hours after eating eggs or foods containing eggs. Signs and symptoms range from mild to severe and can include skin rashes, hives, nasal inflammation, and vomiting or other digestive problems. Rarely, egg allergy can cause anaphylaxis — a life-threatening reaction.

Egg allergy can occur as early as infancy. Most children outgrow their egg allergy before adolescence. But in some cases, it continues into adulthood.

Symptoms

Egg allergy reactions vary from person to person and usually occur soon after exposure to egg. Egg allergy symptoms can include:

• Skin inflammation or hives — the most common egg allergy reaction
• Allergic nasal inflammation (allergic rhinitis)
• Digestive (gastrointestinal) symptoms, such as cramps, nausea and vomiting
• Asthma signs and symptoms such as coughing, chest tightness or shortness of breath

Ectopic pregnancy and Symptoms

Gestation begins with a fertilised egg. Usually, the inseminated egg attaches itself to the lining of the womb. With an ectopic maternity, the impregnated egg implants somewhere exterior the uterus.

An ectopic pregnancy typically occurs in one of the tubes that take eggs from the ovaries to the uterus (fallopian tubes). This type of ectopic pregnancy is proverbial as a tubal maternity. In some cases, nevertheless, an ectopic gestation occurs in the abdominal cavum, ovary or cervix of the womb (orifice).

An ectopic gestation can't speak normally. The impregnated egg can't defeat, and the development paper strength destroy various motherly structures. Remaining untreated, life-threatening gore deprivation is executable. Primeval management of an ectopic gestation can supply make the chance for time robust pregnancies.

Symptoms

At first, an ectopic pregnancy might not cause any signs or symptoms. In other cases, early signs and symptoms of an ectopic pregnancy might be the same as those of any pregnancy — a missed period, breast tenderness and nausea. If you take a pregnancy test, the result will be positive. Still, an ectopic pregnancy can't continue as normal.

Abdominal or pelvic pain and light vaginal bleeding are often the first warning signs of an ectopic pregnancy. If blood leaks from the fallopian tube, it's also possible to feel shoulder pain or an urge to have a bowel movement — depending on where the blood pools or which nerves are irritated. Heavy vaginal bleeding is unlikely, unless the ectopic pregnancy occurs in the cervix.

If the fallopian tube ruptures, heavy bleeding inside the abdomen is likely — followed by lightheadedness, fainting and shock.