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and spiritual meaning of breathing problems: what colds, coughs and lung issues may say about space, freedom and your taste for life.","\u002Fareas\u002Frespiratory-system","i-lucide-wind","\u002Frespiratory-system",{"title":28,"description":29,"path":30,"icon":31,"order":12,"comingSoon":10,"to":32,"conditionCount":18},"Heart and circulation","The emotional and spiritual meaning of heart and circulation problems: what they may reveal about love, joy of living and the pressure you carry.","\u002Fareas\u002Fheart-and-circulation","i-lucide-heart-pulse","\u002Fheart-and-circulation",{"title":34,"description":35,"path":36,"icon":37,"order":38,"comingSoon":10,"to":39,"conditionCount":20},"Digestive system","The emotional and spiritual meaning of digestive problems: what stomach and bowel issues may say about what you cannot digest, control and letting go.","\u002Fareas\u002Fdigestive-system","i-lucide-utensils",5,"\u002Fdigestive-system",{"title":41,"description":42,"path":43,"icon":44,"order":45,"comingSoon":10,"to":46,"conditionCount":20},"Back","The emotional and spiritual meaning of back problems: what back and neck pain may reveal about support, burdens, flexibility and what you hide behind you.","\u002Fareas\u002Fback","i-lucide-person-standing",6,"\u002Fback",{"title":48,"description":49,"path":50,"icon":51,"order":52,"comingSoon":10,"to":53,"conditionCount":20},"Skin","The emotional and spiritual meaning of skin problems: how your skin may reflect boundaries, contact, self-image and the emotions you hold inside.","\u002Fareas\u002Fskin","i-lucide-fingerprint",7,"\u002Fskin",{"title":55,"description":56,"path":57,"icon":58,"order":59,"comingSoon":10,"to":60,"conditionCount":20},"Joints and bones","The emotional and spiritual meaning of joint and bone problems: what they may reveal about flexibility, rigid thinking, authority and your inner structure.","\u002Fareas\u002Fjoints-and-bones","i-lucide-bone",8,"\u002Fjoints-and-bones",{"title":62,"description":63,"path":64,"icon":65,"order":66,"comingSoon":10,"to":67,"conditionCount":20},"Reproductive system","The emotional and spiritual meaning of reproductive problems: what they may reveal about creativity, femininity, masculinity and your body.","\u002Fareas\u002Freproductive-system","i-lucide-venus-and-mars",9,"\u002Freproductive-system",{"title":69,"description":70,"path":71,"icon":72,"order":73,"comingSoon":10,"to":74,"conditionCount":20},"Kidneys and urinary system","The emotional and spiritual meaning of kidney and urinary problems: what they may say about fear, old emotions that have not been let go, and the balance between what comes in and what leaves.","\u002Fareas\u002Fkidneys","i-lucide-droplets",10,"\u002Fkidneys",{"title":76,"description":77,"path":78,"icon":79,"order":80,"comingSoon":10,"to":81,"conditionCount":18},"Blood sugar","The emotional and spiritual meaning of blood sugar problems: what diabetes and low blood sugar may say about sweetness, sadness, and love you find hard to receive or to 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stay open to what I feel. I can find the real source of this sorrow, and joy can return.",[178,179,180],"Heartache","Grief","Heartbreak",[182],"heart-and-circulation",{"type":184,"value":185,"toc":259},"minimark",[186,191,195,198,201,205,208,213,216,220,223,227,230],[187,188,190],"h2",{"id":189},"what-sorrow-is","What sorrow is",[192,193,194],"p",{},"Sorrow is the pain that follows a loss, a disappointment or a wound to the heart. It can show itself in tears, in a sound of pain, in loneliness, or in a jaw that stays clenched. It is a feeling, not a disease. It may pass in an hour, or it may stay for years.",[192,196,197],{},"A short sorrow is part of being alive. When it does not lift, or when it comes with hopelessness, it can slide toward a deeper sadness or a depression, and that is worth talking about with someone who can help.",[192,199,200],{},"The reading below does not replace that help. It offers a way of listening to what the heart is still holding.",[187,202,204],{"id":203},"the-emotional-meaning-of-sorrow","The emotional meaning of sorrow",[192,206,207],{},"In the emotional approach, sorrow means the heart has been hurt. Something regrettable and painful has happened, and the heart is sick with it. The task is not to explain the pain away. It is to find the real cause, which is often deeper, or unconscious, than the event you first name.",[209,210,212],"h3",{"id":211},"a-hurt-that-can-return-years-later","A hurt that can return years later",[192,214,215],{},"Sorrow does not always belong only to today. After many years, several childhood wounds can surface again, along with realisations you were not ready for at the time. What looks like a reaction to a recent loss may be an older hurt recognising itself.",[209,217,219],{"id":218},"staying-open-long-enough-to-see","Staying open long enough to see",[192,221,222],{},"The healing direction is to remain open to what you are living, and to identify the true source quickly enough that it can change. Seeing it, and letting that seeing become part of you, is how the source describes coming back to a taste for life. You do not come out smaller. You come out having grown.",[187,224,226],{"id":225},"a-gentler-way-to-hold-it","A gentler way to hold it",[192,228,229],{},"The aim is not to blame yourself for a wounded heart. Loss and old pain are real. The emotional perspective invites you to look at what this sorrow is actually about.",[231,232,233,241,247,253],"ul",{},[234,235,236,240],"li",{},[237,238,239],"strong",{},"Let it be felt."," Tears and loneliness are part of the picture, not a failure of strength.",[234,242,243,246],{},[237,244,245],{},"Ask how old it is."," If a recent event has opened an older wound, both deserve to be named.",[234,248,249,252],{},[237,250,251],{},"Unclench."," A tight jaw can be sorrow that has not been allowed a sound.",[234,254,255,258],{},[237,256,257],{},"Stay with the cause."," Understanding the source is what the reading offers, so that joy has a way back.",{"title":260,"searchDepth":18,"depth":18,"links":261},"",[262,263,267],{"id":189,"depth":18,"text":190},{"id":203,"depth":18,"text":204,"children":264},[265,266],{"id":211,"depth":20,"text":212},{"id":218,"depth":20,"text":219},{"id":225,"depth":18,"text":226},"2026-10-02","The emotional and spiritual meaning of sorrow: a wounded heart after a painful experience, when tears, loneliness and old hurts come back.","md","grief",{},true,[275,276,277,278,279],"What painful experience is my heart still carrying?","Is this sorrow about what just happened, or about something much older?","Which childhood hurts come back when I feel this?","Have I let myself cry, or am I only clenching?","What would it mean to stay open to what I feel, long enough to see where it comes from?",[154,115],[282,283],"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FGrief","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.wikidata.org\u002Fwiki\u002FQ1026040",{"title":156,"description":269},[286],{"author":287,"work":288,"entries":289,"pages":291},"Jacques Martel","Le Grand Dictionnaire des Malaises et des Maladies",[290],"Chagrin","105–106","emotions\u002Fsorrow","Sorrow is often read as a wounded heart after a painful experience. It may last a moment or many years, and it can bring back old childhood hurts that were never named.",[295,296,297,298,299],"A wounded heart","Painful experience","Loneliness","Old hurts","Tears",[301,302,303],"Sorrow so heavy that you cannot sleep, eat or take part in daily life for more than a couple of weeks.","Thoughts of harming yourself. Seek help straight away.","Grief after a death that leaves you unable to function. Support exists, and you do not have to carry it alone.","svFBm-JqRGKx2Lr-J-oGnMyWPF5gy4_LTu6JlnvCIg4",[306,431],{"id":307,"title":114,"affirmation":308,"aka":309,"areas":312,"body":314,"dateModified":268,"datePublished":268,"description":401,"extension":270,"group":271,"meta":402,"navigation":273,"order":45,"path":115,"reflectionQuestions":403,"related":410,"sameAs":411,"seo":412,"sources":413,"stem":418,"summary":419,"themes":420,"whenToSeeADoctor":426,"__hash__":430},"emotions\u002Femotions\u002Fcrying.md","I let the tears come. They can free me from what has built up, and I can still respect myself.",[299,310,311],"Weeping","Tearfulness",[313],"eyes-and-ears",{"type":184,"value":315,"toc":393},[316,320,323,326,330,333,337,340,343,347,350,353,356,358,361],[187,317,319],{"id":318},"what-crying-is","What crying is",[192,321,322],{},"Tears are a flow from the eyes, and a release of emotion. People cry from joy, love, fear, grief and disappointment. Crying often lowers the inner pressure. It is a healthy human response. It becomes a concern when it is constant, or when it comes with despair, or when the eyes themselves are inflamed or blocked and the tears cannot come.",[192,324,325],{},"The reading below does not replace care for the eyes, or for a mood that has become too heavy. It listens to what the tears are carrying.",[187,327,329],{"id":328},"the-emotional-meaning-of-crying","The emotional meaning of crying",[192,331,332],{},"In the emotional approach, crying frees you from an overflow of feeling and of very strong thoughts. The eyes may also have been caught by a scene that was unbearable, a scene you were driven to watch in every detail. Or you cry because you cannot communicate what you feel. You are ignored. You feel invisible. There is little contact with your inner world.",[209,334,336],{"id":335},"holding-on-and-calling-for-care","Holding on, and calling for care",[192,338,339],{},"You may attach too tightly to people and things, from fear of losing them. You feel fragile, anxious, with little trust in yourself, and dependent. The tears evacuate sadness and disappointment. They drop the pressure.",[192,341,342],{},"Tears can also be a way of drawing attention and sympathy, so that someone will look after you. Read gently, this is what happens when need has no other voice. The source suggests that showing the qualities you actually have can bring care without the tears having to beg for it. You may feel you are always fighting, and you are exhausted. You always want to cry because what you are living is too much. You need help, and you do not ask.",[209,344,346],{"id":345},"tears-that-will-not-come","Tears that will not come",[192,348,349],{},"Not crying can be a way of not looking weaker. Someone else's power can feel confirmed if they have made you \"crack\". Blocked tear ducts, in this reading, point to a resistance to free expression, sometimes the belief that crying is only for babies. You wanted, in some situation, not to show your suffering, and the ducts closed. You want to show that you exist, and it does not work.",[192,351,352],{},"In a baby, inflamed tear ducts are read as vulnerability to touch: a fear of being hurt. That is never a reason to blame a parent. A baby's eyes need a doctor. Comfort and gentle contact sit beside that care.",[192,354,355],{},"As tears leave the eyes, the source says, they can also carry away what you were afraid you would not see come true.",[187,357,226],{"id":225},[192,359,360],{},"The aim is not to judge yourself for crying, or for being unable to. The emotional perspective invites you to let the overflow move, and to ask for help in words when you can.",[231,362,363,369,375,381,387],{},[234,364,365,368],{},[237,366,367],{},"Let them come."," Tears are a release, not a defect.",[234,370,371,374],{},[237,372,373],{},"Say the feeling as well."," If crying is there because you cannot communicate, one true sentence helps the eyes.",[234,376,377,380],{},[237,378,379],{},"Ask for the help."," Needing care is allowed to be spoken, not only wept.",[234,382,383,386],{},[237,384,385],{},"If you cannot cry, ask what you forbade."," A rule that tears are weakness can block the ducts, in this reading.",[234,388,389,392],{},[237,390,391],{},"Have the eyes checked"," if they are inflamed, sticky or painful. The meaning does not replace that.",{"title":260,"searchDepth":18,"depth":18,"links":394},[395,396,400],{"id":318,"depth":18,"text":319},{"id":328,"depth":18,"text":329,"children":397},[398,399],{"id":335,"depth":20,"text":336},{"id":345,"depth":20,"text":346},{"id":225,"depth":18,"text":226},"The emotional and spiritual meaning of crying: tears as a release of overflow, and the eyes when feeling has no other way out.",{},[404,406,407,408,409],{"What overflow are my tears trying to let out":405},"sadness, fear, love, disappointment?","Is there something I feel and cannot communicate?","Do I cry because I need help and have not asked for it?","Do I hold tears back because I believe crying would make me look weak?","If the tears will not come, what did I once decide must not be shown?",[157,154],[],{"title":114,"description":401},[414],{"author":287,"work":288,"entries":415,"pages":417},[416],"Pleurer","347","emotions\u002Fcrying","Crying is often read as a release. Tears leave through the eyes when joy, love, fear or disappointment has become too much, or when you cannot say what you feel.",[421,422,423,424,425],"Release","Overflow","The eyes","Unable to speak","Fear of looking weak",[427,302,428,429],"Crying that will not stop, or that comes with hopelessness, for more than a few days.","No tears at all, with a blocked, painful or inflamed eye. Have the eye checked.","A baby with inflamed tear ducts, sticky eyes or distress when touched. This needs medical care, and it is not a judgement on the parents.","CFHOGPdqO2n02RN5gXe_YQdx-KeWoMlzavcsuxriUtE",{"id":432,"title":153,"affirmation":433,"aka":434,"areas":438,"body":441,"dateModified":268,"datePublished":268,"description":516,"extension":270,"group":271,"meta":517,"navigation":273,"order":18,"path":154,"reflectionQuestions":518,"related":524,"sameAs":525,"seo":526,"sources":527,"stem":532,"summary":533,"themes":534,"whenToSeeADoctor":540,"__hash__":541},"emotions\u002Femotions\u002Fsadness.md","I let this pain break open. Warmth can move the tears, and joy can come back.",[435,436,437],"Feeling sad","The blues","Low spirits",[439,182,440],"respiratory-system","blood-sugar",{"type":184,"value":442,"toc":508},[443,447,450,453,457,460,464,467,471,474,477,479,482],[187,444,446],{"id":445},"what-sadness-is","What sadness is",[192,448,449],{},"Sadness is a natural, and sometimes sudden, state of sorrow or melancholy. Almost everyone knows it. It becomes something to take seriously when it stays, flattens the days, and takes away sleep, appetite or the wish to see people. It can also be part of depression, which needs proper care.",[192,451,452],{},"The reading below does not replace that care. It listens to what happens when sadness is not expressed.",[187,454,456],{"id":455},"the-emotional-meaning-of-sadness","The emotional meaning of sadness",[192,458,459],{},"The source holds to a simple line: what is not expressed gets printed somewhere. Unexpressed sadness, in this reading, can lead toward trouble in the lungs. A deep sadness can go further. The whole body refuses the joy of living. Attention stays on the grey of ordinary days. Nothing seems to smile. Pain flows inside. The heart feels as if it is tearing. A huge emptiness seems to widen, making room for a ball of pain.",[209,461,463],{"id":462},"cut-off-from-your-own-power","Cut off from your own power",[192,465,466],{},"With that emptiness comes a loss of contact with creative power. Life is met by submission rather than by action. You endure the days instead of moving in them.",[209,468,470],{"id":469},"letting-the-pain-move","Letting the pain move",[192,472,473],{},"The healing direction is to let the pain break open. The source speaks of needing some sharpness in life, some warmth that brings the inner tears to the boil so they can leave the body, the way steam rises. The emptiness can then be filled with gentleness and tenderness. Dark ideas thin out. Energy and the joy of living have a way back.",[192,475,476],{},"The source also links a very deep sadness with diabetes. The body areas named here are the breath, the heart, and blood sugar.",[187,478,226],{"id":225},[192,480,481],{},"The aim is not to blame yourself for feeling sad. Sadness is human. The emotional perspective invites you to stop leaving it unspoken.",[231,483,484,490,496,502],{},[234,485,486,489],{},[237,487,488],{},"Give it a way out."," Talk, write, cry. What stays unsaid is what this reading says the body may carry.",[234,491,492,495],{},[237,493,494],{},"Notice the grey filter."," If nothing can smile, the sadness may be colouring the whole day, not only one event.",[234,497,498,501],{},[237,499,500],{},"Choose one action."," Submission waits. A small act of your own is a way back to your power.",[234,503,504,507],{},[237,505,506],{},"Ask for warmth."," Tenderness is part of filling the emptiness, not a luxury after you have coped.",{"title":260,"searchDepth":18,"depth":18,"links":509},[510,511,515],{"id":445,"depth":18,"text":446},{"id":455,"depth":18,"text":456,"children":512},[513,514],{"id":462,"depth":20,"text":463},{"id":469,"depth":20,"text":470},{"id":225,"depth":18,"text":226},"The emotional and spiritual meaning of sadness: unexpressed grief that can weigh on the lungs and the heart, and a life seen only in grey.",{},[519,520,521,522,523],"What sadness have I not allowed myself to express?","Do I see only the grey in my days, as if nothing can smile at me?","Where have I stopped acting, and started only submitting to life?","Is there a ball of pain I am making room for, instead of letting it move?","What warmth or tenderness is actually missing?",[157,139,121],[],{"title":153,"description":516},[528],{"author":287,"work":288,"entries":529,"pages":531},[530],"Tristesse","413","emotions\u002Fsadness","Sadness is often read as a pain that has not been expressed. The source links unexpressed sadness with the lungs, a deeper sadness with the heart, and a very deep sadness with diabetes.",[535,536,537,538,539],"Unexpressed pain","The lungs","A torn heart","Loss of joy","Submission",[],"ixzKK2AE06P9D67W2t3_R2HJX04UPiNBgsCfoFEnZCc",[543],{"id":544,"title":28,"body":545,"comingSoon":10,"dateModified":708,"datePublished":708,"description":29,"extension":270,"groups":709,"icon":31,"meta":718,"navigation":273,"order":12,"path":30,"reflectionQuestions":719,"seo":726,"sources":727,"stem":734,"themes":735,"whenToSeeADoctor":741,"__hash__":748},"areas\u002Fareas\u002Fheart-and-circulation.md",{"type":184,"value":546,"toc":696},[547,550,553,559,563,566,569,572,576,580,583,587,590,594,597,601,604,608,611,615,618,644,648,655,658],[192,548,549],{},"Your heart beats around 100,000 times a day. It pumps blood through a network of arteries, veins and tiny capillaries that, laid end to end, would circle the Earth more than twice. Through this circulation, every cell in your body receives the oxygen and nutrients it needs, and releases what it no longer needs.",[192,551,552],{},"In the emotional and symbolic approach to health, the heart is associated with love: our capacity to love, to be loved and to love ourselves. Blood represents joy of living, and circulation represents the way love, energy and life flow through us. When the heart or circulation is affected, it can be an invitation to look at how freely love moves in our life.",[554,555,556],"note",{},[192,557,558],{},"This page offers a symbolic and emotional perspective. It is meant to complement medical care, never to replace it. If you have chest pain, breathlessness, palpitations or any circulation problem, see a doctor. In an emergency, call emergency services.",[187,560,562],{"id":561},"what-your-heart-and-circulation-represent","What your heart and circulation represent",[192,564,565],{},"In this reading, the heart symbolises home. It represents love, joy, vitality and security. Its energy radiates throughout the body, and it works like an energetic pump that makes life circulate. Symbolically, the right side of the heart is linked to the father and the left side to the mother. A calm, gentle heart rhythm is often seen as the sign of a person who is at peace inside.",[192,567,568],{},"Blood is compared to the fuel of a vehicle: to work well, it must be clean and flow freely. It represents joy of living and the energy that circulates in us. It also carries our genetic heritage, which links it to our family, our \"bloodline\" and our clan.",[192,570,571],{},"Circulation is the network that distributes love, joy and life to every part of our being, without discrimination. It is often read as the reflection of our desire to evolve.",[187,573,575],{"id":574},"common-emotional-themes","Common emotional themes",[209,577,579],{"id":578},"loving-yourself-and-receiving-love","Loving yourself and receiving love",[192,581,582],{},"Heart problems are often associated with a basic question about love: either we do not love ourselves enough, or we do not feel we receive enough love from others or from life. Guilt can quietly play a part, making us feel unworthy of love.",[209,584,586],{"id":585},"heartbreak-and-taking-life-too-seriously","Heartbreak and taking life too seriously",[192,588,589],{},"The heart may react when we feel as if our heart has been \"torn out\", when we feel not nourished enough by the love of others, or when we take life too seriously.",[209,591,593],{"id":592},"love-that-no-longer-flows","Love that no longer flows",[192,595,596],{},"Poor circulation is often read as love that is blocked. We may find it hard to express our feelings, or feel in conflict with love. When a situation affects us emotionally, we may withdraw from it because we do not have enough energy to move forward. We may also protect ourselves from emotions that feel too intense to bear.",[209,598,600],{"id":599},"joy-of-living","Joy of living",[192,602,603],{},"When joy of living fades, circulation may slow down too. Sadness, severe self-criticism, worries, tiredness or anger can make everything \"freeze\". So can over-excitement or obsession. In this reading, life needs projects, ideas and sensations to circulate.",[209,605,607],{"id":606},"family-and-belonging","Family and belonging",[192,609,610],{},"Because blood carries our heritage, blood problems can invite us to look at our relationships with our family. Is there a conflict with a relative? Do we sometimes feel like a stranger in our own clan?",[187,612,614],{"id":613},"reading-the-signs-where-circulation-is-affected","Reading the signs: where circulation is affected",[192,616,617],{},"In this approach, where circulation problems appear can add nuance. Take these as questions to explore:",[231,619,620,626,632,638],{},[234,621,622,625],{},[237,623,624],{},"The legs"," relate to our emotional direction, and to the emotions we can rely on and care about.",[234,627,628,631],{},[237,629,630],{},"The hands"," relate to expressing our emotions, and sometimes to a wish to stop what we are doing.",[234,633,634,637],{},[237,635,636],{},"Cold hands or feet"," may point to withdrawing from full emotional participation in life, as if we were keeping our distance.",[234,639,640,643],{},[237,641,642],{},"A blood clot"," may relate to a well-kept secret, or to a feeling of having been betrayed, where emotions hardened instead of flowing.",[187,645,647],{"id":646},"caring-for-your-heart-from-the-inside","Caring for your heart from the inside",[192,649,650,651],{},"The idea is not to blame yourself. Genetics, age, diet, tobacco, activity levels and many medical factors play a real role in heart and circulation problems. The emotional perspective simply adds another question: ",[652,653,654],"em",{},"how freely does love flow in my life?",[192,656,657],{},"A few gentle practices can support this inner work:",[231,659,660,666,672,678,684,690],{},[234,661,662,665],{},[237,663,664],{},"Open yourself to love."," Let others show you affection, and notice when you push it away.",[234,667,668,671],{},[237,669,670],{},"Stop criticising yourself."," Harsh self-judgment weighs on the heart.",[234,673,674,677],{},[237,675,676],{},"Forgive yourself."," The more we forgive ourselves, the more easily we can accept love from others.",[234,679,680,683],{},[237,681,682],{},"Focus on compassion."," Attention to love, compassion and forgiveness is said to help the heart work in joy and peace.",[234,685,686,689],{},[237,687,688],{},"Let life circulate."," Keep projects, ideas and new experiences moving in your life.",[234,691,692,695],{},[237,693,694],{},"Look after your heart physically."," Regular movement, good food, sleep and not smoking are some of the best gifts you can give it.",{"title":260,"searchDepth":18,"depth":18,"links":697},[698,699,706,707],{"id":561,"depth":18,"text":562},{"id":574,"depth":18,"text":575,"children":700},[701,702,703,704,705],{"id":578,"depth":20,"text":579},{"id":585,"depth":20,"text":586},{"id":592,"depth":20,"text":593},{"id":599,"depth":20,"text":600},{"id":606,"depth":20,"text":607},{"id":613,"depth":18,"text":614},{"id":646,"depth":18,"text":647},"2026-09-30",[710,714],{"id":711,"title":712,"description":713},"blood-pressure","Blood pressure","Blood pressure problems, often linked to accumulated emotions, control and the pressure we put on ourselves.",{"id":715,"title":716,"description":717},"veins-and-circulation","Veins and circulation","Circulation and vein problems, often linked to joy of living, direction in life and the flow of love.",{},[720,721,722,723,724,725],"Do I love myself enough, and do I feel loved by others?","Am I taking life too seriously at the moment?","Is there guilt that makes me feel unworthy of love?","Is love flowing freely in my life, or have I closed myself off to avoid being hurt?","Where has my joy of living gone, and what could bring it back?","Is there a conflict with a member of my family that still weighs on me?",{"title":28,"description":29},[728],{"author":287,"work":288,"entries":729,"pages":733},[730,731,732],"Cœur (en général)","Sang (en général)","Sang — Circulation sanguine","114, 373, 376–377","areas\u002Fheart-and-circulation",[736,600,737,738,739,740],"Love","Self-love","Pressure","Giving and receiving","Forgiveness",[742,743,744,745,746,747],"Chest pain, pressure or tightness, especially spreading to the arm, jaw or back. Call emergency services.","Sudden breathlessness, fainting or a very fast or irregular heartbeat. Call emergency services.","Weakness on one side of the body, facial drooping or difficulty speaking. Call emergency services.","A painful, swollen, warm leg, especially in the calf.","Swollen ankles, breathlessness when lying down or unusual tiredness.","Regular blood pressure checks, even if you feel well.","juQrjUD3jFhOsPvEVLTYWMK2-PeZBVwXPh4f6Z-Y95g",1790940867490]