Medical symptoms refer to the manifestations or indications of a disease or condition, perceived and complained about by the patient. 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.

Symptoms by presentation

My ... hurts abdomen back chest ear head pelvis tooth rectum skin Extremities leg Chronic 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 Defecate normally Urinate normally Remember normally See properly: Blindness blurred vision double vision Sleep normally Smell things normally Speak normally Excrete solid feces Stop scratching Stop sweating Swallow normally Taste properly Walk normally Write normally

Medical signs and symptoms

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.

When there is no symptoms for a disease that a patient has, the patient is said to be asymptomatic.

General anorexia (R63.0) weight loss (R63.4) cachexia (R64) chills and shivering convulsions (R56) deformity discharge dizziness / Vertigo (R42) fatigue (R53) malaise asthenia hypothermia (T68) jaundice (P58, P59, R17) muscle weakness (M62.8) pyrexia (R50) sweats swelling swollen or painful lymph node(s) (I88, L04, R59.1) weight gain (R63.5) Cardiovascular arrhythmia bradycardia (R00.1) chest pain (R07) claudication palpitations (R00.2) tachycardia (R00.0) Ear, Nose and Throat dry mouth (R68.2) epistaxis (R04.0) halitosis hearing loss nasal discharge otalgia (H92.0) otorrhea (H92.1) sore throat toothache tinnitus (H93.1) trismus Gastrointestinal abdominal pain (R10) bloating (R14) belching (R14) bleeding: Hematemesis blood in stool: melena (K92.1), hematochezia constipation (K59.0) diarrhea (A09, K58, K59.1) dysphagia (R13) dyspepsia (K30) fecal incontinence flatulence (R14) heartburn nausea (R11) odynophagia proctalgia fugax pyrosis (R12) Rectal tenesmus steatorrhea vomiting (R11) Integumentary Hair: alopecia hirsutism hypertrichosis nail: Skin: abrasion anasarca (R60.1) bleeding into the skin petechia purpura ecchymosis and bruising (Sx0 (x=0 through 9)) blister (T14.0) edema (R60) itching (L29) Janeway lesions and Osler's node laceration rash (R21) urticaria (L50) Neurological abnormal posturing acalculia agnosia alexia amnesia anomia anosognosia aphasia and apraxia apraxia ataxia cataplexy (G47.4) confusion dysarthria dysdiadochokinesia dysgraphia hallucination headache (R51) hypokinetic movement disorder: akinesia bradykinesia hyperkinetic movement disorder: akathisia athetosis ballismus blepharospasm chorea dystonia fasciculation muscle cramps (R25.2) myoclonus opsoclonus tic tremor flapping tremor insomnia (F51.0, G47.0) Lhermitte's sign (as if an electrical sensation shoots down back & into arms) loss of consciousness Syncope (medicine) (R55) neck stiffness opisthotonus paralysis and paresis paresthesia (R20.2) prosopagnosia somnolence (R40.0) Obstetric / Gynaecological abnormal vaginal bleeding vaginal bleeding in early pregnancy / miscarriage vaginal bleeding in late pregnancy amenorrhea infertility painful intercourse (N94.1) pelvic pain vaginal discharge Ocular amaurosis fugax (G45.3) and amaurosis blurred vision Dalrymple's sign double vision (H53.2) exophthalmos (H05.2) mydriasis/miosis (H570) nystagmus Psychiatric amusia anhedonia anxiety apathy confabulation depression delusion euphoria homicidal ideation irritability mania (F30) paranoid ideation phobia: suicidal ideation Pulmonary apnea and hypopnea cough (R05) dyspnea (R06.0) bradypnea (R06.0) and tachypnea (R06.0) orthopnea and platypnea trepopnea hemoptysis (R04.2) pleuritic chest pain sputum production (R09.3) Rheumatologic arthralgia back pain sciatica Urologic dysuria (R30.0) hematospermia hematuria (R31) impotence (N48.4) polyuria (R35) retrograde ejaculation strangury urethral discharge urinary frequency (R35) urinary incontinence (R32) urinary retention

See also

List of ICD-9 codes 780-799: Symptoms, signs, and ill-defined conditions

References