Library of presenting complaints
Welcome to the library of presenting complaints. Below is the list of presenting complaints that are included in your 3rd year handbook. Each complaint is designed to have a short tutorial attached to it - as you will see not all links are active as this is a work in progress. If you are interested in writing a tutorial on a particular complaint follow the get involved links.
Before you start - the essentials...
Basic history and examination
You need to know these questions as they will be applicable to any history in which a patient presents with pain or discomfort (which is most of them)!
Click on the system you are interested in or scroll down the list of complaints.
Cardiovascular disease
Vascular disease
Respiratory disease
Diseases of the ear, nose and throat
Gastrointestinal disease
Breast disease
Neurological disease
Diabetes
Urology
Renal medicine
- I have chest pain
- I get palpitations
- I am short of breath
- The finding of high blood pressure
- The finding of a heart murmur
- My legs hurt when I walk
- I have leg ulcers
- I suffer from transient leg weakness, visual deficit, or speech problems
- My leg is cold and painful
- I have varicose veins
- I have a warm, swollen and tender calf
- The finding of a pulsatile abdominal mass
- I have coughed up blood
- I am wheezy
- I am coughing up coloured sputum
- I am dizzy
- My voice has changed
- My child can't hear
- I have become deaf
- My nose is blocked
- I have a lump in my neck
- I have mouth ulcers
- I have pain in my abdomen
- I have difficulty swallowing (part 1 part 2)
- I have been vomiting
- I have vomited blood
- I have blood in my stools
- I have gone yellow
- I have noticed a change in my bowel habit
- I have lost weight
- I have a lump in my abdomen
- The finding of anaemia
- I have a breast lump
- I have nipple discharge
- I am thirsty
- I have lost weight
- The finding of glycosuria
- I have blood in my urine
- I have stopped passing urine
- I pass a lot of urine/ I have to pass urine at night
- I keep getting cystitis
- I have a lump in my testicle
- I have pain in my loin
- I have become swollen
- The finding of protein in the urine
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