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Face Flushing
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- chest pain, pressure or pain spreading to the arm, jaw or back
- trouble breathing, blue lips, severe wheeze or choking
- stroke-like symptoms such as face drooping, arm weakness or speech trouble
- collapse, fainting, seizure, confusion or extreme drowsiness
- severe bleeding, black stools, vomiting blood or major injury
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- severe abdominal pain, severe headache, stiff neck or sudden vision change
- signs of severe dehydration, sepsis, high fever with worsening illness, or symptoms in a baby/young child that concern you
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Face Flushing
Face flushing is when the face becomes red. It is related to, but more severe than, blushing.
Symptom classification
Body areaFace
Conditions linked to this sign/symptom
17- ABO Transfusion Reaction
- Carcinoid Syndrome
- Cluster Headache
- Erythema Infectiosum
- Hantavirus Infection
- Hemorrhagic Fever With Renal Syndrome
- Herpes Zoster Ophthalmicus
- Horners Syndrome
- Hyper Magnesemia
- Hypoglycemia
- Perinatal Polycythemia and Hyperviscosity Syndrome
- Perioral Dermatitis
- Polycythemia Vera
- Rosacea
- Scarlet Fever
- Secondary Erythrocytosis
- Septic Shock