Symptoms

Symptoms are a set of signs characteristic of a specific disease or group of diseases. Symptoms reflect the presence of a pathological process in the body and help the doctor make the correct diagnosis.

The main signs of symptoms include:

1. Pain is one of the most common symptoms. It can be of a different nature - sharp, blunt, piercing, cutting, etc. Helps determine the location of the lesion.

2. Skin changes - rash, redness, swelling, ulceration.

3. Sleep and appetite disorders.

4. Changes in body temperature - fever or hypothermia.

5. Gastrointestinal disorders - nausea, vomiting, diarrhea.

6. Cough, shortness of breath, changes in heart rate and breathing.

7. Headache, dizziness, fainting.

8. Mental and neurological disorders.

A thorough analysis of symptoms allows the doctor to quickly and correctly make a diagnosis, prescribe the necessary treatment and give a prognosis for the development of the disease. Therefore, the patient’s attentive attitude to his feelings and their detailed description is important for making the correct diagnosis.

Symptomatology is the science of the symptoms of diseases. The tasks of this discipline include the study and systematization of the symptoms of diseases, clarification of the conditions for their occurrence and determination of the relationship between them. Symptoms of a disease are not specific external signs, but changes in body functions that indicate it.