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  2. List of medical symptoms - Wikipedia

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    [1] [2] Patients observe these symptoms and seek medical advice from healthcare professionals. Because most people are not diagnostically trained or knowledgeable, they typically describe their symptoms in layman's terms, rather than using specific medical terminology. This list is not exhaustive.

  3. Minor depressive disorder - Wikipedia

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    Minor depressive disorder, also known as minor depression, is a mood disorder that does not meet the full criteria for major depressive disorder but at least two depressive symptoms are present for a long time. These symptoms can be seen in many different psychiatric and mental disorders, which can lead to more specific diagnoses of an ...

  4. Not otherwise specified - Wikipedia

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    In medicine, not otherwise specified (NOS) is a subcategory in systems of disease/disorder classification such as ICD-9, ICD-10, or DSM-IV.It is generally used to note the presence of an illness where the symptoms presented were sufficient to make a general diagnosis, but where a specific diagnosis was not made.

  5. Depressive disorder not otherwise specified - Wikipedia

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    For the diagnosis to be accurate, a psychiatrist is required to spend extensive time with the patient. Symptoms of the disorder may arise due to several reasons. These include: Distress due to medical conditions; Environmental effects and situations; However, the effects of drugs or medication or bereavement are not classified under the diagnosis.

  6. Glossary of psychiatry - Wikipedia

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    This glossary covers terms found in the psychiatric literature; the word origins are primarily Greek, but there are also Latin, French, German, and English terms. Many of these terms refer to expressions dating from the early days of psychiatry in Europe; some are deprecated, and thus are of historic interest.

  7. Signs and symptoms - Wikipedia

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    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 . [ 13 ]

  8. Mental disorder - Wikipedia

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    Symptoms are often deliberately produced or feigned, and may relate to either symptoms in the individual or in someone close to them, particularly people they care for. There are attempts to introduce a category of relational disorder , where the diagnosis is of a relationship rather than on any one individual in that relationship.

  9. Fecal incontinence - Wikipedia

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    FI is a sign or a symptom, not a diagnosis. Incontinence can result from different causes and might occur with either constipation or diarrhea . Continence is maintained by several interrelated factors, including the anal sampling mechanism , and incontinence usually results from a deficiency of multiple mechanisms.