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Symptoms Beginning With H
10 symptoms in this guide begin with the letter H. Every name links to a plain-language page covering what the symptom can feel like, the conditions it can be associated with, its red flags, and what a clinician may do.
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P R S T U V W
| Symptom | Category | What it can feel like |
|---|---|---|
| Hair loss | Skin | Hair loss covers several distinct patterns: gradual thinning over the crown or temples, round bald patches, heavy shedding after illness or childbirth, and hair loss… |
| Headache | Head & Senses | A headache is pain in the head or upper neck, ranging from a dull background ache to a disabling throbbing attack. Headaches are extraordinarily common and usually arise… |
| Hearing loss | Head & Senses | Hearing loss means sounds seem muffled, distant or unclear — asking people to repeat themselves, turning the television up, struggling in background noise. It may affect… |
| Heartburn | Digestive | Heartburn is a burning feeling rising from the upper stomach behind the breastbone, often after meals, when lying flat or bending, sometimes with an acid taste in the… |
| Heavy periods | Women's Health | Heavy periods means menstrual bleeding that interferes with life — soaking through protection hourly, passing large clots, flooding, needing double protection, or… |
| Heel pain | Muscles & Joints | Heel pain is most often felt under the heel, worst with the first steps after rest — getting out of bed in the morning is classic — easing as you get moving, then aching… |
| Hip pain | Muscles & Joints | Hip pain is usually felt in the groin or front of the thigh when it truly comes from the hip joint; pain on the outer side of the hip is more often the tendons and fluid… |
| Hives | Skin | Hives (urticaria) are raised, itchy welts — pale or red bumps with a pale centre — that appear suddenly, move around, and individually fade within hours, though new ones… |
| Hoarse voice | Head & Senses | A hoarse voice sounds rough, croaky, strained or breathy, and may tire or give out altogether. Short hoarseness with a cold is laryngitis — inflamed vocal cords — and… |
| Hot flushes | Women's Health | Hot flushes are sudden waves of heat rising through the chest, neck and face, with flushing, sweating and sometimes palpitations, lasting seconds to a few minutes, often… |
Please note: This page is educational information about a symptom. A symptom alone cannot diagnose any condition, and the causes listed here are possibilities, not a diagnosis. If you are worried about a symptom — especially one that is new, severe, getting worse or not going away — please see your own clinician, who can examine you and arrange tests. In an emergency, call your local emergency number.