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List of medical symptoms. Medical symptoms refer to the manifestations or indications of a disease or condition, perceived and complained about by the patient. [1] [2] Patients observe these symptoms and seek medical advice from healthcare professionals.
Presentation (medical) In medicine, a presentation is the appearance in a patient of illness or disease—or signs or symptoms thereof—before a medical professional. In practice, one usually speaks of a patient as presenting with this or that. Examples include:
Differential diagnosis. In healthcare, a differential diagnosis ( DDx) is a method of analysis that distinguishes a particular disease or condition from others that present with similar clinical features. [ 1] Differential diagnostic procedures are used by clinicians to diagnose the specific disease in a patient, or, at least, to consider any ...
Cognitive disengagement syndrome ( CDS) is a syndrome characterized by developmentally-inappropriate, impairing and persistent levels of decoupled attentional processing from the ongoing external context and resultant hypoactivity. Symptoms often manifest in difficulties with staring, mind blanking, withdrawal, mental confusion and maladaptive ...
A large Canadian community survey revealed that the most common medically unexplained symptoms are musculoskeletal pain, ear, nose, and throat symptoms, abdominal pain and gastrointestinal symptoms, fatigue, and dizziness. [4] The term MUPS can also be used to refer to syndromes whose etiology remains contested, including chronic fatigue ...
The word phenotype comes from Greek phainein 'to show', and typos 'type'. Normally it refers to the presentation of a trait in an individual, but in this case it means the presentation of a disease entity. See also. Clinical case definition; Clinical disease; Component causes; Heterogeneous condition; Syndrome; References
Signs and symptoms are also applied to physiological states outside the context of disease, as for example when referring to the signs and symptoms of pregnancy, or the symptoms of dehydration. Sometimes a disease may be present without showing any signs or symptoms when it is known as being asymptomatic . [ 9 ]
Thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura ( TTP) is a blood disorder that results in blood clots forming in small blood vessels throughout the body. [ 2] This results in a low platelet count, low red blood cells due to their breakdown, and often kidney, heart, and brain dysfunction. [ 1] Symptoms may include large bruises, fever, weakness, shortness ...