Symptoms and Signs

Symptoms are also known as complaints:

  • Cigarettes can aggravate the symptoms of a cold.
  • Mr. Barns was admitted complaining of chest pain → abbreviation c/o chest pain. 

What patients say

feel tired

  • I feel completely worn out.
  • I feel completely exhausted at the end of the day.

off-colour

  • I don't feel well.
  • I'm not in good health.

weight loss/gain

  • I'm not eating. My appetite is very poor.
  • Recently, I'm eating too much and I'm gaining weight.

 

Symptom Signs
allergy watery eyes, runnny nose, itchy eyes, cough
malaise general feeling of being unwell
chest pain shortness of breath, pressure or tightness on chest, sweating, nausea,
wheezing fatigue, blue coloured on skin or lips,chest pain or tightness
anorexia loss of appetite, exessive weight loss, abnormal desire to loose weight.
diabetes hunger or fatigue, dry mouth or itchy skin, urinating frequently, blurred vision, dizziness

Fill the gaps with right symptom word. 

 

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