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[3 Symptoms and signs pe Describing problems The problems which a patient reports to the doctor are called symptoms, for example pain or nausca. Signs are what the doctor finds, also known as findings, on examining the patient, for example high blood pressure or a rapid pulse rate. Symptoms are also known as complaints report a patient's symptoms or complaints, doctors say: JÁ E E In case notes, the abbreviation c/o is used: Ê Mr Farnsworth was admitted | U complaining of chest pain. EB Presentation Patients say they went to (see) the doctor; doctors say the patient presented. The symptom which causes a patient to visit a doctor — or to present — is called the presenting symptom, presenting complaint or presentation. CT cr [ resenting symptom His | P E | was chest pain. dd presenting complaint NE He presented to his GP with chest pain. ) ( The usual presentation is chest pain. 3 Talking about symptoms Symptom 6/0 chest palm. cm mento tiredness loss of energy 1 feel tired all the time. lethargy | | feel completely worn out. fatigue | Lately I've been feeling complerely lassitude | exhausted ar the end of the day. malaise general feeling of being | feel unwell. umwell I don feel well. Ive been feeling off-colour for rwo days. TI haven't been feeling myself for a week. Pve been out of sorts all day. anorexia loss of appetite My appetite is very poor. Ive been off my food for days. weight gain increase in weight ve put on eight kilos in the last year, P've gained five kilos. weight loss decrease in weight Fm not eating less than usual but Pye lost a lot of weight recently. My motions are very hard. ve been quite constipated lately. Fm not very regular. | constipation hard, infrequent faeces Note: The verb feel is also used with other adjectives, such as hot, cold, nervous, anxious, weak - She said she felt dizzy. 
