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Originally Posted by After Shock Media
If you wanted to make it less vague and have a tad bit of interaction.
I have had a whole list of assorted ailments I have had or deal with. I can easily describe one and even answer a few basic questions.
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It's not that vague, actually.
The somewhat correct answer was heart disease, correct answers would be either aortic valve stenosis or hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, and the perfect answer was aortic valve stenosis due to a congenital bicuspid aortic valve.
Chest pains (angina) essentially tell you that heart disease is the biggest class of suspects, while fainting (syncope) and shortness of breath (dyspnea) make AS and HCM the biggest suspects in that class. The age and gender of the patient make AS due to a congenital bicuspid valve the #1 suspect, with HCM coming in a hair's breadth behind it.
Whether it's HCM or AS doesn't matter a great deal, though, since their being so much alike in symptoms means the cardiologist would do tests to differentiate between the two anyway.
Of course, there are several dozens of other possibilities, but none would be quite as high on the differential given the specific symptoms, the info about the patient and their own incidence.
For the record: if anyone recognizes these symptoms, see a doctor as soon as possible.