'Red flag' means potentially serious (and potentially treatable). See you doctor soon (even today) if you think you have one. Acute symptoms = a rapid onset of symptoms that have started recently (last 24 hours), and you feel may be serious.
Yellow flags are pyschosocial factors shown to be indicative of long term chronicity and disability: A negative attitude that back pain is harmful or potentially severely disabling. Fear avoidance behaviour and reduced activity levels.
acute (=becoming serious very quickly)A lot of illnesses can be either acute or chronic.
Some common symptoms of many types of organ failure include: Weakness, faintness or fatigue. Drowsiness or loss of consciousness. Difficulty concentrating, confusion.
A terminal illness is an illness or condition which cannot be cured and is likely to lead to someone's death. It's sometimes called a life-limiting illness.
General signs and symptoms of sudden illness: • Person feels ill, dizzy, confused or weak • Skin color changes (flushed or pale), sweating • Nausea, vomiting General care for sudden illness: 1. Call 9-1-1 for unexplained sudden illness. 2. Help the victim rest and avoid getting chilled or overheated.
Check if you have health anxiety
frequently check your body for signs of illness, such as lumps, tingling or pain. are always asking people for reassurance that you're not ill. worry that a doctor or medical tests may have missed something. obsessively look at health information on the internet or in the media.
You should also get medical advice if: you've been vomiting repeatedly for more than 48 hours and it's not improving. you're unable to keep down any fluids. you have signs of severe dehydration – such as dizziness and passing little or no urine.
Our bodies' give is warning signs that tell us when we are not feeling well that can be related to our thoughts and anxieties. We can feel dizzy, headaches, constant stomachaches, heart racing, etc. If these symptoms are everyday and persistent, it is a “red flag”.
Bone pain is a “red flag” and is a common feature of leukaemia, metastatic neuroblastoma and primary bone tumours. This may be night pain or constant 'nagging' pain. These malignancies may present with a swollen joint(s) and can mimic arthritis.
Warning signs and symptoms of heart failure include shortness of breath, chronic coughing or wheezing, swelling, fatigue, loss of appetite, and others. Heart failure means the heart has failed to pump the way it should in order to circulate oxygen-rich blood throughout the body.
Signs of deterioration may include symptoms such as declining function, increasing fatigue, declining or fluctuating oral intake, declining or fluctuating conscious state, increasing pain, etc.
After age 30, people tend to lose lean tissue. Your muscles, liver, kidney, and other organs may lose some of their cells. This process of muscle loss is called atrophy. Bones may lose some of their minerals and become less dense (a condition called osteopenia in the early stages and osteoporosis in the later stages).
cancer. dementia, including Alzheimer's disease. advanced lung, heart, kidney and liver disease. stroke and other neurological diseases, including motor neurone disease and multiple sclerosis.
Many diseases and infections can be asymptomatic, including those that may be potentially fatal in some people. These include (but are not limited to): tuberculosis, breast cancer, endometriosis, HIV/AIDS, herpes, hepatitis, chlamydia, hypertension, common colds/flu, and type-2 diabetes mellitus.
“Red flags” include pain that lasts more than 6 weeks; pain in persons younger than 18 years or older than 50 years; pain that radiates below the knee; a history of major trauma; constitutional symptoms; atypical pain (eg, that which occurs at night or that is unrelenting); the presence of a severe or rapidly ...
Back pain red flags – Night Pain
Back pain that worsens at night or while you're sleeping might indicate something more severe like an infection or cancer. This is especially true if you also have other symptoms in addition to your back discomfort when you sleep or relax.
Red flags that may indicate that early imaging of the spine is required can include neurological deficit such as weakness or numbness, any bowel or bladder dysfunction, fever, history of cancer, history of intravenous drug use, immunosuppression, steroid use, history of osteoporosis, or worsening symptoms.