Cold and Flu Symptoms
Your head hurts. What is this symptom called?
Headache
Food comes up from your stomach and out of your mouth. What is this called?
Vomiting
Your skin is red and bumpy. It itches. What is this called?
A rash
You are very tired. You have no energy. What symptom do you have?
Tiredness
Your skin feels uncomfortable and you want to scratch it. What is this called?
Itching
You take a lot of air into your lungs, your eyes close, and you release a large amount of air suddenly with a loud sound. The sound is ''Achoo'. What is this?
Sneeze
You go to the bathroom many times and your stool is liquid. What is this symptom?
Diarrhea
You feel like the room is spinning. You cannot walk straight. What symptom do you have?
Dizziness
Blood is coming from inside your nose. What is this called?
A nosebleed
A patient points to their chest and says it hurts. What symptom do they have?
Chest pain
Your nose is wet and you need tissues all day. What is this symptom called?
Runny nose
You feel sick in your stomach. You want to vomit but you have not vomited yet. What is this feeling called?
Nausea
A patient says "I cannot feel my left hand." What symptom are they describing?
Numbness
A patient says "I cannot breathe well. I feel like I cannot get enough air." What is this symptom?
Shortness of breath
A patient cannot sleep at night, even when they are tired. What symptom is this?
Insomnia
Your body feels very cold and shakes, but your temperature is 38.5°C. What is this symptom?
Shivers
You have not been to the bathroom for five days. Your stomach feels hard and uncomfortable. What is your symptom?
Constipation
Your ankle is twice its normal size after you fell. What symptom is this?
Swelling
A patient says "I hear a high sound in my ears. It never stops." What is the medical term for this symptom?
Ringing in the ears
The pain is very severe and sudden, like a knife going in. What kind of pain is this?
Sharp pain
Your arms, legs, and back all hurt at the same time. This is common with the flu. What is this called?
Muscular aches
A patient says there is something red in their stool. What is the medical term for this?
Bloody stool
A patient says "I wake up in the middle of the night. My whole body is wet but I am not hot." What symptom is this?
Cold sweat
A patient says, "My eyes produce a lot of liquid, especially in the morning. It is not tears." What symptom is this?
Eye discharge
The pain is not strong, but it is always there. It has been there for three days and it never completely stops. What kind of pain is this?
A dull pain