Medical Symptom

A Medical Symptom is a Medical Indication that is experienced and reportable by a patient that may not be detected during physical examination.

• Example(s):
  • physical pain,
  • fever,
  • …
• Counter-Example(s):
  • Medical Sign,
  • Medical Syndrome,
  • Medical Prodrome.
• See: Medical Imaging, Medical Treatment, Medical Diagnosis, Medical Procedure, Asymptomatic Patient.

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References

2022

• (Wikipedia, 2022) ⇒ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Signs_and_symptoms Retrieved:2022-3-27.
  • Signs and symptoms are the observed or detectable signs, and experienced symptoms of an illness, injury, or condition. A sign for example may be a higher or lower temperature than normal, raised or lowered blood pressure or an abnormality showing on a medical scan. A symptom is something out of the ordinary that is experienced by an individual such as feeling feverish, a headache or other pain or pains in the body.

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    A symptom is something felt or experienced, such as pain or dizziness. Signs and symptoms are not mutually exclusive, for example a subjective feeling of fever can be noted as sign by using a thermometer that registers a high reading.

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    Signs are different from experienced symptoms. A sign of a disorder is something that may be observed by another or detected during a medical examination or procedure. For example high blood pressure may be noted as a sign during an examination for which there have been no reported symptoms. A symptom is something experienced and reportable by a person such as a headache or fatigue. Signs and symptoms may overlap, such as a bloody nose, which the individual experiences as unusual (symptom) and which others observe (sign).

    The CDC lists various diseases by their signs and symptoms such as for measles which includes a high fever, conjunctivitis, and cough, followed a few days later by the measles rash.

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