Your condition: Throat and chest disorders
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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
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