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A symptom, in this context, can be either a sensation or change in health function experienced by a patient or a physical condition... more

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x Coma     Cerebral edema  
In medicine, a coma (from the Greek κῶμα koma, meaning deep sleep) is a profound state of unconsciousness. A comatose person cannot be awakened, fails to respond normally to pain or light, does not have sleep-wake cycles, and does not take voluntary...
x Bradycardia ECG showing Slow heart rate or Bradycardia      
Bradycardia, as applied to adult medicine, is defined as a resting heart rate of under 60 beats per minute, though it is seldom symptomatic until the rate drops below 50 beat/min. Trained athletes or young healthy individuals may also have a slow...
x Flatulence A Holstein cow at pasture     Baked beans
Flatulence is the production of a mixture of gases in the digestive tract of mammals or other animals that are byproducts of the digestion process. Such a mixture of gases is known as flatus, and is expelled from the rectum in a process colloquially...
Bean
x Seizure     Brain tumor  
An epileptic seizure is caused by excessive and/or hypersynchronous electrical neuronal activity, and is usually self-limiting. It can manifest as an alteration in mental state, tonic or clonic movements, convulsions, and various other psychic...
x Tremor     Parkinson's disease Caffeine
Tremor is an unintentional, somewhat rhythmic, muscle movement involving to-and-from movements (oscillations) of one or more parts of the body. It is the most common of all involuntary movements and can affect the hands, arms, head, face, vocal...
x Anorexia     Bladder cancer  
Anorexia (deriving from the Greek "α(ν)-" (a(n)-, a prefix that denotes absence) + "όρεξη (orexe) = appetite) is the decreased sensation of appetite. While the term in non-scientific publications is often used interchangeably with anorexia nervosa,...
Pancreatic cancer
Chronic lymphocytic leukemia
Acute lymphoblastic leukemia
Liver cancer
x Fever A medical/clinical thermometer showing the temperature of 38.7 °C   Malaria Meningococcal Vaccine
Fever (also known as pyrexia, from the Greek pyretos meaning fire, or a febrile response, from the Latin word febris, meaning fever, and archaically known as ague) is a frequent medical sign that describes an increase in internal body temperature to...
Urinary tract infection
Influenza
Meningitis
Appendicitis
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x Albuminuria        
Albuminuria is a pathological condition where albumin is present in the urine. It is a type of proteinuria. The amount of protein being lost in the urine can be quantified by collecting the urine for 24 hours, measuring a sample of the pooled urine,...
x Nausea     Myocardial infarction  
Nausea (Latin: Nausea, from Greek: Ναυτεία, "sea-sickness", also called wamble) is the sensation of unease and discomfort in the stomach with an urge to vomit. Nausea is also an adverse effect of many drugs, and may also be an effect of a large...
Leukemia
Ovarian cancer
Pancreatic cancer
Liver cancer
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x Fainting Pietro Longhin maalaus Pyörtyminen (n. 1744)   Left Bundle Branch Block  
Fainting, frequently called syncope (pronounced /ˈsɪŋkəpi/) in a medical context, is a sudden, and generally momentary, loss of consciousness, or blacking out caused by the Central Ischaemic Response, because of a lack of sufficient blood and oxygen...
Bundle Branch Block
Right Bundle Branch Block
x Headache Headache is the main symptom found in PCS. Disease or medical condition Cerebral edema  
A headache (cephalalgia in medical terminology) is a condition of pain in the head; sometimes neck or upper back pain may also be interpreted as a headache. It ranks amongst the most common local pain complaints and may be frequent for many people....
Leukemia
Small Cell Lung Carcinoma
Brain tumor
x Edema Przykład obrzęku 3-ciego stopnia przy zapaleniu tkanki łącznej lewego podudzia. Malady Bright's disease  
Edema (American English) or Oedema (British English), formerly known as dropsy or hydropsy, is an abnormal accumulation of fluid beneath the skin, or in one or more cavities of the body. Generally, the amount of interstitial fluid is determined by...
x Anosmia Head olfactory nerve      
Anosmia (a-ˈnäz-mē-ə) is a lack of olfaction, or in other words, an inability to perceive smells. It can be either temporary or permanent. A related term, hyposmia, refers to a decrease in the ability to smell, while hyperosmia refers to an...
x Chronic pain   Disease or medical condition    
Chronic pain is defined as pain that persists longer than the temporal course of natural healing, associated with a particular type of injury or disease process. The International Association for the Study of Pain defines pain as "an unpleasant...
BV: Medical Condition
x Vomiting 14th century illustration of vomiting from the Casanatense Tacuinum Sanitatis Fictional symptom Myocardial infarction  
Vomiting (also called throwing up, emesis) is the forceful expulsion of the contents of one's stomach through the mouth and sometimes the nose. Undesired vomiting may result from many causes, ranging from gastritis or poisoning to brain tumors, or...
Dysentery
Bacterial gastroenteritis
Pancreatic cancer
Liver cancer
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x Proteinuria        
Proteinuria (from protein and urine) means the presence of an excess of serum proteins in the urine. The protein in the urine often causes the urine to become foamy, although foamy urine may also be caused by bilirubin in the urine (bilirubinuria),...
x Febrile seizure        
A febrile seizure, also known as a fever fit or febrile convulsion is a convulsion triggered by a rise in body temperature. They most commonly occur in children below the age of three and should not be diagnosed in children under the age of 6 months...
x Tachycardia 12 lead electrocardiogram showing a run of ventricular tachycardia (VT)      
The word tachycardia comes from the Greek words tachys (rapid or accelerated) and kardia (of the heart). Tachycardia When the heart beats rapidly preload and afterload may be negatively affected, causing the heart to pump blood less efficiently. The...
x Spasm Muscle spasms in a patient suffering from tetanus (1809)      
A spasm is a sudden, involuntary contraction of a muscle, a group of muscles, or a hollow organ, or a similarly sudden contraction of an orifice. It is sometimes accompanied by a sudden burst of pain, but is usually harmless and ceases after a few...
x Fecal incontinence     Prostate cancer  
Fecal incontinence is the loss of regular control of the bowels. Involuntary excretion and leaking are common occurrences for those affected. Subjects relating to defecation are often socially unacceptable, thus those affected are often beset by...
x Heartburn        
Heartburn or pyrosis is a painful or burning sensation in the esophagus, just below the breastbone usually associated with regurgitation of gastric acid. The pain often rises in the chest and may radiate to the neck, throat, or angle of the jaw....
x Dysphagia Peptic stricture   Lung cancer  
Dysphagia is the medical term for the symptom of difficulty in swallowing. Although classified under "symptoms and signs" in ICD-10, the term is sometimes used as a condition in its own right. Sufferers are sometimes unaware of their dysphagia. It...
Oral cancer
Thyroid cancer
Follicular thyroid cancer
Anaplastic thyroid cancer
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x Cough   Disease or medical condition Lung cancer  
In medicine, a cough (pronunciation (help·info) Latin: tussis) is a sudden and often repetitively occurring defence reflex which helps to clear the large breathing passages from excess secretions, irritants, foreign particles and microbes. The cough...
BV: Medical Condition Medullary thyroid cancer
Anaplastic thyroid cancer
Small Cell Lung Carcinoma
Non-Small Cell Lung Carcinoma
x Dyspnea     Myocardial infarction  
Dyspnea or dyspnoea (pronounced disp-nee-ah, IPA /dɪsp'niə/), from Latin dyspnoea, from Greek dyspnoia from dyspnoos, shortness of breath) or shortness of breath (SOB) is perceived to be difficulty of breathing or painful breathing. It is a common...
Atopy
Pneumothorax
Colorectal cancer
Lung cancer
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x Dysgeusia        
Dysgeusia is the distortion or decrease of the sense of taste. Dysgeusia is associated with zinc deficiency and some drugs designed to treat hypertension and anxiety, including lithium. It is also found in patients with severe renal insufficiency...
x Hemoptysis   Lung cancer  
Hemoptysis or haemoptysis (see American and British spelling differences) is the expectoration (coughing up) of blood or of blood-stained sputum from the bronchi, larynx, trachea, or lungs (e.g. in tuberculosis or other respiratory infections). It...
Medullary thyroid cancer
Anaplastic thyroid cancer
Small Cell Lung Carcinoma
Non-Small Cell Lung Carcinoma
x Fatigue   Disease or medical condition Systemic lupus erythematosus  
Fatigue (also called exhaustion, lethargy, languidness, languor, lassitude, and listlessness) is a weariness caused by exertion. It can describe a range of afflictions, varying from a general state of lethargy to a specific work-induced burning...
Quotation Subject Myocardial infarction
Iron deficiency anemia
Colorectal cancer
Leukemia
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x Heart murmur        
Murmurs are abnormal heart sounds that are produced as a result of turbulent blood flow which is sufficient to produce audible noise. This most commonly results from narrowing or leaking of valves or the presence of abnormal passages through which...
x Sputum        
Sputum is matter that is expectorated from the respiratory tract, such as mucus or phlegm, mixed with saliva, which can then be spat from the mouth. It is usually associated with air passages in diseased lungs, bronchi, or upper respiratory tract....
x Polyuria     Multiple myeloma  
In medicine, polyuria is a condition characterized by the passage of large volumes of urine (at least 2.5 L over 24 hours in adults). Polyuria is sometimes used to refer to urinary frequency, or frequent urination, irrespective of the volume of...
x Apnea        
Apnea, apnoea, or apnœa (Greek: απνοια, from α-, privative, πνεειν, to breathe) is a technical term for suspension of external breathing. During apnea there is no movement of the muscles of respiration and the volume of the lungs initially remains...
x Diaphoresis   Disease or medical condition    
Diaphoresis is excessive sweating commonly associated with shock and other medical emergency conditions. Diaphoretic is the state of perspiring profusely, or something that has the power to cause increased perspiration. Normal physical causes of...
x Persistent vegetative state        
A persistent vegetative state (PVS) is a condition of patients with severe brain damage in whom coma has progressed to a state of wakefulness without detectable awareness. It is a diagnosis of some uncertainty in that it deals with a syndrome, not...
x Nystagmus Horizontal optokinetic nystagmus.      
Pathologic nystagmus is a form of involuntary eye movement. It is characterized by alternating smooth pursuit in one direction and saccadic movement in the other direction. When nystagmus occurs without filling its normal function, it is pathologic ...
x Cachexia     Lung cancer  
Cachexia (pronounced /kəˈkɛksiə/) is loss of weight, muscle atrophy, fatigue, weakness and significant loss of appetite in someone who is not actively trying to lose weight. It can be a sign of various underlying disorders; when a patient presents...
x Bedwetting