| A friend of mine began running a slight fever | | | | speaking. |
| every evening. It didn't go higher than 102 | | | | 3. Changes in a mole. Constant itching of a mole |
| degrees Fahrenheit. In the morning she would | | | | should signal you to seek your dermatologist's |
| wakeup without the fever and felt well enough to | | | | opinion. This could be a sign of a deeply rooted |
| go to work and do her daily routine. After a few | | | | melanoma. Malignant melanoma is often fatal. Early |
| weeks of continued fever in the evening, she | | | | detection and removal often offers favorable |
| decided to see her doctor and check what might | | | | prognosis. The ABCD of warning signs that you |
| be wrong with her. Her medical record shows that | | | | should watch for in a mole: "A" for asymmetry. |
| she has a history of heart murmur. Upon learning | | | | Usually melanomas have an uneven shape. "B" for |
| that she underwent dental treatment without | | | | border irregularity. Irregular border edge that could |
| taking any prophylactic antibiotic, it then became | | | | be ragged, blurred or notched. "C" for color. |
| clear that the persistent fever was probably | | | | Nonuniform shades of tan, brown and black. More |
| caused by the dental work. During the dental | | | | often, there are also mottled dashes of red, white |
| procedure, bacteria were released from her | | | | and blue. "D" for diameter. Normal melanomas |
| mouth to her bloodstream. Later on, a blood test | | | | usually measures six millimeters, any increase in |
| revealed Bacterial Endocarditis. Had she totally | | | | size should be a warning sign. |
| ignored the signs and the infection not been | | | | 4. Recurrent coughing. This is usually not a |
| treated in time, it could have created damage | | | | symptom of a life-threatening illness but it can |
| that would have required an open-heart or | | | | also signal an obstructed airway, congestive heart |
| valve-replacement surgery. The worst scenario | | | | disease, asthma or even lung cancer. If the |
| could have been death. | | | | coughing persists for two weeks or more with no |
| Outlined are several health symptoms laid out by | | | | obvious medical explanation such as a cold then it |
| leading health experts. These are the signs and | | | | is best to see your doctor. |
| symptoms that we should all know and should not | | | | 5. Persistent itching can be a symptom of |
| ignore. | | | | Hodgkin's disease. Although itching is a minor |
| 1. Persistent, low-grade fever can be a sign of a | | | | dermatological problem, persistent itching on the |
| number of ailments, including Hodgkin's disease. | | | | other hand with no visible cause such as a skin |
| You should seek your doctor's advice if you have | | | | rash requires attention. It can be also be a sign of |
| a persistent low grade fever that runs for a | | | | diabetes, liver disease or several blood disorders. |
| week. Early diagnosis of what might be the cause | | | | 6. Unexplained bruising can signal leukemia, a |
| of the fever might just save you from any | | | | problem in the blood's clotting mechanism or an |
| debilitating disease that might accompany it. | | | | underlying liver disease such as hepatitis or |
| 2. Brief lapses in sight or in speech which usually | | | | idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura or ITP, a |
| last between 30 seconds to 24 hours. Transient | | | | disorder in which the platelets are attacked by the |
| Ischemic Attack or TIA is a brief period when | | | | body's immune system. |
| blood fails to reach a specific area of the brain. | | | | 7. Blurry vision and eye pain can be a symptom |
| This symptom is so fleeting that more often than | | | | of glaucoma. Glaucoma is an eye disease wherein |
| not, it is just ignored. It is estimated that one third | | | | the peripheral vision deteriorates while the central |
| of people who experience TIA later suffer a | | | | vision remains in top condition. |
| stroke. Aside from lapses in sight and speech, | | | | Symptoms may not exactly tell us what's wrong |
| other symptoms include dizziness, tingling and | | | | but these are signals that something's wrong |
| numbness, weakness in the limbs, difficulty to | | | | somewhere and we should take notice. |
| comprehend or properly use the right word when | | | | |