Pressure
Pressure: Introduction
Pressure refers to a physical feeling of pressing, hardness, tightness
or stiffness in a body area.
Pressure may be related to swelling or stiffness.
Particularly dangerous is chest pressure, which may indicate a heart attack,
even without chest pain.
Also serious is any type of abdominal pressure; see abdominal swelling or abdominal pain.
For analysis of mental or emotional pressure symptoms,
see stress, fatigue, and their related symptoms.
All pressure symptoms need prompt professional medical advice....more »
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Causes of Types of Pressure:
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types for Pressure
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Medications or substances causing Pressure:
The following drugs, medications, substances or toxins are some of the possible
causes of Pressure as a symptom.
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including prescription, over-the-counter, supplements, herbal or alternative treatments.
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medications causing Pressure
Pressure: Comorbid Symptoms
Some of the comorbid or associated medical symptoms
for Pressure may include these symptoms:
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Causes of General Symptom Types
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Causes of Similar Symptoms to Pressure
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Pressure: Deaths
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Detailed list of causes of Pressure
The list below shows some of the causes of Pressure mentioned in various sources:
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causes of Pressure
How Common are these Causes of Pressure?
This information refers to the general prevalence and incidence of these diseases,
not to how likely they are to be the actual cause of Pressure.
Of the 173
causes of Pressure that
we have listed, we have the following prevalence/incidence information:
- 3
causes are "very common" diseases
- 3
causes are "common" diseases
- 0
causes are "uncommon" diseases
- 0
causes are "rare" diseases
- 2
causes are "very rare" diseases
- 170
causes have no prevalence information.
See the analysis of the prevalence of 173
causes of Pressure
Conditions listing medical symptoms: Pressure:
The following list of conditions
have 'Pressure' or similar
listed as a symptom in our database.
This computer-generated list may be inaccurate or incomplete.
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of any symptom.
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- Obesity associated asthma
... chest tightness, chest pressure
- Occupational asthma
... chest tightness, chest pressure
- Occupational asthma -- Anhydride exposure
... chest tightness
- Occupational asthma -- Animal laboratory workers
... chest tightness
- Occupational asthma -- Bakers
... chest tightness
- Occupational Asthma -- Beauticians
... chest tightness, chest pressure
- Occupational Asthma -- Boiler Cleaners
... chest tightness, chest pressure
- Occupational asthma -- Bookkeepers
... chest tightness
- Occupational Asthma -- Brewery Workers
... chest tightness, chest pressure
- Occupational asthma -- Carpenters
... chest tightness
- Occupational Asthma -- Cement Industry
... chest tightness, chest pressure
- Occupational Asthma -- Chemical Industry
... chest tightness, chest pressure
- Occupational Asthma -- Chemists
... chest tightness, chest pressure
- Occupational Asthma -- Cosmetics Industry
... chest tightness, chest pressure
- Occupational Asthma -- Detergent Industry
... chest tightness, chest pressure
- Occupational Asthma -- Dye Industry
... chest tightness, chest pressure
- Occupational Asthma -- Electroplating Industry
... chest tightness, chest pressure
- Occupational Asthma -- Epoxy Resin Industry
... chest tightness, chest pressure
- Occupational Asthma -- Fabric Dying Industry
... chest tightness, chest pressure
- Occupational Asthma -- Fire Retardant Industry
... chest tightness, chest pressure
- Occupational asthma -- Fluxes
... chest tightness
- Occupational asthma -- Foam producers
... chest tightness
- Occupational Asthma -- Foundry Workers
... chest tightness, chest pressure
- Occupational Asthma -- Fur Dying
... chest tightness, chest pressure
- Occupational Asthma -- Galvanising Industry
... chest tightness, chest pressure
- Occupational Asthma -- Hairdressers
... chest tightness, chest pressure
- Occupational Asthma -- Hard Metal Industry
... chest tightness, chest pressure
- Occupational Asthma -- Hospital staff
... chest tightness, chest pressure
- Occupational asthma -- Insulation workers
... chest tightness
- Occupational asthma -- Isocyanate exposure
... chest tightness
- Occupational Asthma -- Jewellery Industry
... chest tightness, chest pressure
- Occupational Asthma -- Laminating Industry
... chest tightness, chest pressure
- Occupational Asthma -- Laxative Manufacturing
... chest tightness, chest pressure
- Occupational asthma -- Librarians
... chest tightness
- Occupational Asthma -- Manufacturing Industry
... chest tightness, chest pressure
- Occupational Asthma -- Medical Sterilisers
... chest tightness, chest pressure
- Occupational asthma -- Metal plating industry
... chest tightness
- Occupational asthma -- Millers
... chest tightness
- Occupational Asthma -- Nurses
... chest tightness, chest pressure
- Occupational Asthma -- Paint Manufacturing Industry
... chest tightness, chest pressure
- Occupational asthma -- Pharmaceutical industry
... chest tightness
- Occupational Asthma -- Photocopying workers
... chest tightness, chest pressure
- Occupational asthma -- Plastics industry
... chest tightness
- Occupational Asthma -- Polyurethane Foam Industry
... chest tightness, chest pressure
- Occupational Asthma -- Polyurethane Industry
... chest tightness, chest pressure
- Occupational asthma -- Post office clerks
... chest tightness
- Occupational Asthma -- Refining Industry
... chest tightness, chest pressure
- Occupational Asthma -- Rubber Workers
... chest tightness, chest pressure
- Occupational asthma -- Saw Mill workers
... chest tightness
- Occupational Asthma -- Spray Paining Industry
... chest tightness, chest pressure
- Occupational asthma -- Spray Painters
... chest tightness
- Occupational Asthma -- Tanning Industry
... chest tightness, chest pressure
- Occupational Asthma -- Turbine Cleaners
... chest tightness, chest pressure
- Occupational Asthma -- Varnish Manufacture Industry
... chest tightness, chest pressure
- Occupational asthma -- Welding industry
... chest tightness
- Occupational lung disease -- Ammonia inhalation
... chest tightness
- Occupational lung disease -- Chlorine inhalation
... chest tightness
- Occupational lung disease -- Formalin vapors inhalation
... chest tightness
- Occupational lung disease -- Hydrogen Sulfide inhalation
... chest tightness
- Occupational lung disease -- Nitrogen dioxide inhalation
... chest tightness
- Occupational lung disease -- Ozone inhalation
... chest tightness
- Occupational lung disease -- Phosgene inhalation
... chest tightness
- Occupational lung disease -- Sulfur dioxide inhalation
... chest tightness
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- Salicylate-sensitive asthma
... chest tightness, chest pressure
- Sarcoidosis
... chest tightness
- Seasonal asthma
... chest tightness, chest pressure
- Severe, refractory asthma
... chest tightness, chest pressure
- Silent asthma
... chest tightness, chest pressure
- Steroid-dependant asthma
... chest tightness, chest pressure
- Steroid-resistant asthma
... chest tightness, chest pressure
- Steroid-resistant asthma, type I
... chest tightness, chest pressure
- Steroid-resistant asthma, type II
... chest tightness, chest pressure
- Steroid-sensitive asthma
... chest tightness, chest pressure
- Stomach cancer
... abdominal hard mass
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Causes of Pressure Based on Risk Factors
This information shows analysis of the list of causes of Pressure based
on whether certain risk factors apply to the patient:
Travel - has the patient travelled recently?
Diabetes - history of diabetes or family history of diabetes?
Doctors and specialists: Who should I consult about Pressure?
Depending on the seriousness of the onset of Pressure, you may want to consult one of the following medical professionals.
Important:In extreme cases, always seek advice from emergency services :
Classifications of Pressure:
Subtypes of Pressure:
Chest pressure (175 causes), Pressure in Head (9 causes), Chest tightness (166 causes)
Medical Conditions associated with Pressure:
Sensory symptoms (7134 causes), Nerve symptoms (9132 causes), Neurological symptoms (9575 causes), Pain (6458 causes), Sensations (6520 causes), Brain symptoms (2787 causes), Common symptoms (8589 causes), Body symptoms (5672 causes), Head symptoms (10192 causes)
Symptoms related to Pressure:
Swelling (3730 causes), Stiffness (692 causes), Abdominal swelling (499 causes), Chest pressure (175 causes), Blood pressure symptoms (716 causes), Abruptio Placentae (3 causes), Acute Bronchitis (3 causes), Adult-onset asthma, Airborne allergy, Allergic asthma, Angina (41 causes), Angiofollicular lymph hyperplasia, Aspirin-induced asthma, Asthma (320 causes), Asthma in pregnancy, Exercise-Induced, Asthmatic Bronchitis
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