Antacids are taken by mouth to relieve heartburn, the major symptom of gastroesophageal reflux disease, or acid indigestion.

It is a major symptom in many medical conditions, and can significantly interfere with a person's quality of life and general functioning.

A major symptom of endometriosis is recurring pelvic pain.

* Muscle weakness is not a major symptom, though the progressive effects of chronic muscle damage from rhabdomyolysis will eventually cause significant weakness.

Heartburn is usually associated with regurgitation of gastric acid ( gastric reflux ) which is the major symptom of gastroesophageal reflux disease ( GERD ).

A major symptom of acute bronchitis is an excess amount of phlegm and is often treated with an antibiotic.

Civil disturbance is typically a symptom of, and a form of protest against, major socio-political problems ; the severity of the action coincides with public expression ( s ) of displeasure.

* Arthralgia: Joint pain without swelling ( Cannot be included if polyarthritis is present as a major symptom )

* ECG showing features of heart block, such as a prolonged PR interval ( Cannot be included if carditis is present as a major symptom )

They are a major symptom in acute and severe peripheral nerve disorders, in myopathies in which muscle fibers are split or inflammed, and lower motor neuron lesions.

A major thrombotic complication ( e. g. heart attack, stroke, deep venous thrombosis, or Budd-Chiari syndrome ) may sometimes be the first symptom or indication that a person has polycythemia vera.

Untreated syphilis results in a syndrome known at the time as " general paresis of the insane " in which mental aberrations are a major symptom and was at the time a frequent cause of institutionalization in insane asylums.

Dry eye is a major symptom that is targeted in the therapy of CVS.

Psychomotor agitation is a symptom typically found in major depressive disorder or obsessive-compulsive disorder, and sometimes the manic phase in bipolar disorder, although it can also be a result of an excess intake of stimulants.

The major symptom is progressive difficulties with the production of speech.

Adverse effects range from fever and nausea to major allergic reactions, including photodermatitis and anaphylaxis.

The urban cycle is responsible for the major outbreaks of yellow fever that occur in Africa.

Besides vaccination, control of the yellow fever mosquito Aedes aegypti is of major importance, especially because the same mosquito can also transmit dengue fever and Chikungunya disease.

* Cuba suffers a major outbreak of Dengue fever, with 344, 203 cases.

Furthermore, dysfunction of the bone marrow leads to reduced numbers of platelets, which are necessary for effective blood clotting ; this increases the risk of bleeding, the other major complication of dengue fever.

The city's tourism, however, was dealt major blows in the late 19th century by yellow fever outbreaks.

A major yellow fever epidemic in 1862 killed 10 percent of the Cape Fear region's population.

Yellow fever outbreaks recurred in Philadelphia and other major ports through the nineteenth century, but none had as many fatalities as that of 1793.

* 1798 – The " great epidemic ", a major yellow fever epidemic, kills 2086 people from late July to November.

* 1822 – Last major outbreak of yellow fever in the city.

According to revised Jones criteria, the diagnosis of rheumatic fever can be made when two of the major criteria, or one major criterion plus two minor criteria, are present along with evidence of streptococcal infection: elevated or rising antistreptolysin O titre or DNAase.

In May 1900, Reed, a major, returned to Cuba when he was appointed head of the Army board charged by Surgeon General George Miller Sternberg to examine tropical diseases including yellow fever.

Sugi ( and Hinoki ) pollen is a major cause of hay fever in Japan.

Those with a pessimistic explanatory style also tend to have weakened immune systems, and not only have increased vulnerability to minor ailments ( e. g., cold, fever ) and major illness ( e. g., heart attack, cancers ), but also have a less effective recovery from health problems.

Samet found a 6 % incidence among 283 such patients, but after excluding patients with initially apparent major illness to explain the fever ( including 11 cases of manifest endocarditis ), there was a 7 % prevalence of endocarditis.

Ryegrass pollen is also one of the major causes of hay fever.

A major effort to eradicate yellow fever, which had long plagued particularly the swampy western part of the state, was undertaken.

Hinoki ( and sugi ) pollen is a major cause of hay fever in Japan.

Telogen effluvium may be caused by eating disorders, fever, childbirth, chronic illness, major surgery, anemia, severe emotional disorders, crash diets, hypothyroidism, and drugs.

On April 12, 1865, just days after the last major battle of the Civil War, a Confederate double agent named Godfrey Joseph Hyams approached the U. S. consul in Toronto claiming to have information about a plot by Blackburn to infect Northern cities with yellow fever.

Hyams said he was instructed to sell the trunks ' contents to used clothing merchants, and that Blackburn, subscribing to the common nineteenth century belief that yellow fever could be spread by contact, hoped that by dispersing the " contaminated " articles throughout these major cities he could trigger an epidemic that would cripple the Northern war effort.

No longer is the United States the only major industrial country capable of providing substantial amounts of the resources so urgently needed in the newly developed countries.

Respecting their need, one of the major focal points of our concern is the South-Asian region.

It is obvious that the historian who seeks to recapture the ideas that have motivated human behavior throughout a given period will find the art and literature of that age one of his central and major concerns, by no means a mere supplement or adjunct of significant historical research.

Like most major works of synthesis, The History Of England is informed by the positive views of a first-class mind, and this is surely a major work.

There is now substantial evidence from several major studies of college students that the experience of the college years results in a certain, selective homogenization of attitudes and values.

What is wrong with advertising is not only that it is an `` outrage, an assault on people's mental privacy '' or that it is a major cause for a wasteful economy of abundance or that it contains a coercive tendency ( which is closer to the point ).

For here if anywhere in contemporary literature is a major effort to counterbalance Existentialism and restore some of its former lustre to the tarnished image of the species Man, or, as Malraux himself puts it, `` to make men conscious of the grandeur they ignore in themselves ''.

The weekly loss is partly counterbalanced by 500 arrivals each week from West Germany, but the hard truth, says Crossman, is that `` The closing off of East Berlin without interference from the West and with the use only of East German, as distinct from Russian, troops was a major Communist victory, which dealt West Berlin a deadly, possibly a fatal, blow.

A reporter restricted to the competing propaganda statements of both sides in a major labor dispute, for instance, is unable to tell his readers half of what he knows about the causes of the dispute.

So don't see yourself as a heroine or fancy this little adventure is an event of major importance ''.

Although much of the Industrial Division's promotional effort is devoted to securing new locations and expansions by major industries, small business is also afforded considerable attention.

Arthur Hays Sulzberger has been a distinguished publisher of this distinguished newspaper and it is fitting that we take due notice of his major contribution to American journalism on the occasion of his retirement.

If there is anything which we can do in the executive branch of the Government to speed up the processes by which we come to decisions on matters on which we must act promptly, that in itself would be a major contribution to the conduct of our affairs.

The cost of developing a major weapon system is now so enormous that the greatest care must be exercised in selecting new systems for development, in determining the most satisfactory rate of development, and in deciding the proper time at which either to place a system into production or to abandon it.

The company is still broadening its line and is now active on four major fronts.