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Your condition: Throat and chest disorders

Your condition: Throat and chest disorders

Whether you're suffering from one of these, worried about them or just want more info, click on the conditions below to find out all you need to know.

Acid reflux
Allergy to house mites and pets
Asthma
Atheroma - fat in the arteries around the heart leading to high cholesterol and blood pressure
Angina - pain around the heart when there is a problem with one of the arteries. It's not necessarily a heart attack.
Aortic aneurysm - when a blood vessel bulges in the aorta (the largest artery in the heart)
Aortic regurgitation - when an aortic valve which is meant to take blood away from the heart leaks back into the heart
Aortic stenosis - narrowing of heart valves which forces the heart to work harder
Arrhythmias - irregular heartbeat
Atrial fibrillation - an irregular or faster heartbeat than normal
Barrett's oesophagus - abnormal cells in your oesophagus which causes constant acid reflux
Breast cancer
Breast pain
Bronchiectasis - widening of the airways which makes them more open to infection
Bronchitis
Common cold
Flu
Glandular fever
Heart attack
Laryngitis
Legionnaires disease
Lung cancer
Mastitis - painful breast infection
Myocarditis - swelling of the heart
Neck pain
Pericarditis - swelling of the sac around the heart
Pleural effusion - a build up of liquid between your lung and chest wall
Pleurisy - viral chest infection
Pneumonia
Severe snoring
Sore throat
Swelling of the Thyroid
Swollen lymph glands
Tachycardia - bouts of really fast heartbeats
Tonsillitis
Tuberculosis
Whooping cough
Whiplash

Read on for more body parts and conditions:
- Blood disorders
- Skin disorders
- Head, face and mouth disorders
- Problems with the torso, arms and hands
- Intimate and women's health
- Back problems
- Stomach and digestive system disorders
- Leg problems
- Feet problems

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