- Muscle strain
Muscle strain occurs when muscles are stressed, overworked, or injured due to physical activity or labor.
- Laryngitis
Laryngitis is an inflammation of the larynx, or voice box, causing hoarseness and loss of voice.
- Thyroid cancer
Thyroid cancer is cancer of the thyroid gland and can cause a cough, hoarseness, a lump in the neck, and more.
- Torticollis
Torticollis are spasms of the neck muscles causing neck pain and stiffness, tilted head, and more.
- Heartburn/GERD
Symptoms of heartburn and GERD are a burning feeling in the chest, throat, or mouth, nausea, and more.
- Medication reaction or side-effect
Medication side effects include nausea, vomiting, stomach upset, weakness, dizziness, seizures, and more.
- Strained voice (vocal cords)
Symptoms of a strained voice include hoarseness, raspy voice, rawness, achy throat, deeper voice, and more.
- Goiter
A goiter is an enlarged thyroid gland, causing a lump in the throat below the Adam's apple.
- Epiglottitis
Epiglottitis is a rare, life-threatening illness that keeps air from getting to the lungs.
- Esophageal cancer
Esophageal cancer starts in the lining of the esophagus and can cause difficulty swallowing.
- Mononucleosis
Mononucleosis is a viral infection causing extreme fatigue, sore throat, fever, rash, muscle aches, and more.
- Rheumatoid arthritis
Rheumatoid arthritis is an autoimmune disease that causes pain, swelling, and joint damage.
- Sjogren's syndrome
Sjogren's syndrome is an autoimmune disorder that most often causes dry eyes and dry mouth.
- Broken (fractured) collarbone
Broken collarbones are usually caused by a blow to the shoulder and causes pain and swelling in that area.
- Thyroid nodules
Thyroid nodules usually don't cause symptoms, but can cause a visible lump, neck pain, hoarseness, and more.
- Vocal cord polyp
A vocal cord polyp is a noncancerous growth on the vocal cord causing breathiness, hoarseness, and more.
- Hypocalcemia
Hypocalcemia is a blood condition marked by tingling, muscle spasms and aches, and confusion.
- Hypoparathyroidism
Hypoparathyroidism is a rare condition that can cause muscle twitches, seizures, cramps, tingling, and more.
- Lung cancer (small cell)
Small cell lung cancer is the least common type of lung cancer and can cause a cough, chest pain, and more.
- Swallowed object
Symptoms of swallowing an object include coughing, choking, vomiting, throat pain, breathing trouble, and more.
- Whiplash
Whiplash, a severe neck injury, can cause stiffness and pain in the neck, headache, dizziness, and more.
- Lung cancer (non small cell)
Non-small cell lung cancer is the most common type of lung cancer and can cause a cough, chest pain, and more.
- Aortic aneurysm (chest)
Thoracic aortic aneurysm is the swelling of the chest aorta and can cause chest or back pain.
- Chemical burns
A chemical burn can cause symptoms ranging from burning and blisters to pain and shortness of breath.
- Burn (heat or fire)
Burns caused by heat are called thermal burns and can cause pain swelling, skin changes, blisters and more.
- Tick bite
A tick-related illness may cause a rash that expands out from the site of the bite, fever, chills, and more.
- Tetanus
Tetanus is a potentially fatal toxic infection and causes stiffness in the jaw and neck, fever, and more.
- Throat cancer
Throat cancer can cause symptoms including difficulty swallowing, hoarseness, and chronic cough.
- Cat-scratch disease
Cat scratch disease is a bacterial infection caused by a cat scratch or bite.
