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What is the difference between symptoms and signs?
The differences between symptoms and signs are as follows:-
Signs | Symptoms |
1. In medical terms, the word ‘sign' is a physical response that is detected by a physician, nurse, or medical device during the examination of a patient to get actual information about the particular disease, illness, etc. | 1. Symptoms are a physical or mental problem that is experienced by a person indicating a condition of the disease. |
2. The sign is the physical demonstration of a disease that can be detected by feeling, hearing, or seeing. | 2. Symptoms are said to be subjective as they can only be felt by any person or patient as an indication of a particular disease. |
3. Signs are measurable, which is measured by modes like monitoring pulse rate, temperature, X-ray, Laboratory test, and other machines. | 3. Symptoms cannot be seen and do not show up on medical tests, they can be felt only by the sufferer or patients. |
4. For example swelling, fractures, bleeding, asthma, tuberculosis, cancer. | 4. For example, shivering, headache, body ache, nausea, muscle fatigue. |
5. Sign is divided into three types of diagnostic signs. i. Anamnestic signs ii. Prognostic signs ii. Diagnostic signs. | 5. Symptoms are divided into three types: i. Chronic Symptoms ii. Relapsing symptoms iii. Remitting symptoms. |
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