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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.

Symptoms by presentation

Injury or Trauma

Many activities can result in trauma including sports, motor vehicular accidents, accidents at work or about the house.

I have hurt my:

• abdomen
• back
• chest
• head
• limb - arm, hand, foot or leg
• neck

I have been:

• assaulted
• hit by a bomb
• in a traffic accident
• shot
• stabbed

I think I might have:

• a Broken bone or fracture
• a Nosebleed
• a Sprain
• a Torn cartilage (of the knee)

Illness

I have a pain in my:

• Abdomen / Stomach(ache)
• back(ache)
• Chest
• Ear(ache)
• head - headache
• Pelvis
• Teeth / Tooth(ache)

I feel:

• Cold - (Rigor (medicine))
• Feverish - Hot
• 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
• Hear
• Move one side - arm and/or leg
• Pass a Bowel Action
• Pass Urine
• Remember
• See properly
  • Blindness
  • blurred vision
  • double vision
• Sleep
• Smell things
• Speak
• Stop passing watery Bowel Actions
• Stop scratching
• Stop sweating
• Swallow
• Taste properly
• Walk
• Write

The List

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.

See also

• List of ICD-9 codes 780-799: Symptoms, signs, and ill-defined conditions
• ICD-10 Chapter R: Symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings