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Viral gastroenteritis (stomach flu)
This condition, often called stomach flu, is usually harmless, except for infants and people with immunosuppression. Symptoms can usually be managed.
Vocal cord paralysis
Find out more about this condition that happens when nerve signals that control the voice box are interrupted.
Wheat allergy
Learn about the causes, symptoms and treatment of wheat allergy and how they differ from those of celiac disease. Managing either condition means avoiding wheat.
Whipple's disease
Learn more about the symptoms, causes and treatment of this rare primarily digestive infection.
Whooping cough
Learn more about the symptoms, causes, treatment of this highly contagious, vaccine-preventable lung infection.
Epithelioid sarcoma
This rare, slow-growing soft tissue cancer tends to occur in teenagers and young adults. It often starts in a hand, wrist, arm or leg.
Alpha-gal syndrome
An allergic reaction to meat-based meals had researchers stumped — until they connected the condition to bites from certain ticks.
Gastrointestinal bleeding
Bleeding from anywhere in your digestive tract is a symptom of a disorder. Bleeding can be hidden or obvious, slight or severe.
Residual limb pain
This common pain in the part of a limb that remains after an amputation has many causes and effective treatment options.
Muscle strains
Minor strains may only overstretch a muscle or tendon, while more severe injuries may involve partial or complete tears in these tissues.
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