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Chest Pains Could Be a Warning That a Heart Attack Is Happening
Dull aches and sharp chest pains could be more than just minor discomforts. They could be the first, and possibly only warnings you have that heart attack or something equally serious is wrong. Chest pains send millions of patients to emergency departments each year. National Center for Health Statistics – part of the famed Centers for Disease Control and Prevention – reported there were 6.5 million visits for chest pains and related causes from late December 2016 to late December 2017 – and [...]
Symptoms and Signs of Bronchitis
When the lungs become inflamed, begin swelling and produce excess mucus, bronchitis can occur. Signs and symptoms of bronchitis start through inflammation in the bronchioles, which are the small tubes within the lungs' primary bronchi tubes. The onset of bronchitis occurs in two forms: acute and chronic. Acute bronchitis is a short-term form of the illness, meaning that it only lasts a few weeks before you begin to heal and recover. Chronic bronchitis lasts [...]