Medical symptoms are complaints which indicate disease. They are noticed by the patient and cause people to go and see a health practitioner. It is rare that a person would visit a doctor and complain as follows: "Doctor, I have amaurosis fugax." They are more likely to complain of loss of vision. This list is not exhaustive but might be useful as a guide.
Abdominal pain
Back pain
Chest pain
Otalgia (Earache)
Headache
Chronic pelvic pain
Toothache (ache)
Vaginal (Pain)
Rectal pain
Dermatomal pain
I feel:
Chills
Fever
Paresthesia (numbness, tingling, electric tweaks)
Light-headed
Dizzy
Dizzy – about to black out
Dizzy – with the room spinning around me
My mouth is dry
Nauseated
Sick
like I have the flu
like I have to vomit
Short of breath
Sleepy
Sweaty
Thirsty
Tired
Weak
I can't:
Breathe normally
Hear normally:
losing hearing
sounds are too loud
ringing or hissing in my ears
Move one side – arm and/or leg
Pass a bowel action normally
Pass urine normally
Remember normally
See properly:
Blindness
blurred vision
double vision
Sleep normally
Smell things normally
Speak normally
Stop passing watery bowel actions
Stop scratching
Stop sweating
Swallow normally
Taste properly
Walk normally
Write normally
Where available, ICD-10 codes are listed. When codes are available both as a sign/symptom (R code) and as an underlying condition, the code for the sign is used.
