Fever
A temporary rise in body temperature, usually caused by infection or inflammation.
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A temporary rise in body temperature, usually caused by infection or inflammation.
Fever and body symptoms caused by a viral infection, often self-limited but requiring assessment when severe.
A mosquito-borne viral infection that can cause high fever, body ache and low platelets.
A mosquito-borne parasitic infection that may cause fever with chills, anaemia and organ complications.
A bacterial infection acquired through contaminated food or water, causing persistent fever and digestive symptoms.
A mosquito-borne viral illness known for fever and prominent joint pain.
A contagious viral respiratory illness causing fever, cough, body ache and fatigue.
A respiratory viral infection ranging from mild illness to pneumonia and severe systemic disease.
A bacterial infection that commonly affects the lungs but can involve other organs and needs prolonged supervised treatment.
A life-threatening organ response to infection requiring urgent hospital treatment.
A bacterial infection linked to contaminated water or animal urine that can affect liver, kidney and lungs.
A mite-borne bacterial infection that may cause fever, rash, an eschar and organ complications.
Sudden digestive illness after contaminated food or drink, usually causing vomiting, diarrhoea and cramps.
A chronic disorder in which blood glucose remains high because insulin is insufficient or does not work effectively.
Blood glucose above the healthy range but not yet meeting diabetes criteria; progression can often be reduced.
A dangerous diabetes emergency caused by severe insulin deficiency and acid buildup.
A severe high-glucose emergency with profound dehydration, usually in type 2 diabetes.
Blood glucose that is too low, causing sweating, tremor, confusion or loss of consciousness.
Excess body fat that increases risk of diabetes, hypertension, fatty liver, joint and heart disease.
A cluster of abdominal obesity, high glucose, blood pressure and abnormal lipids that raises cardiovascular risk.
Raised blood fats that can contribute to artery narrowing and cardiovascular disease.
A raised uric-acid level that may be symptom-free or contribute to gout and kidney stones.
Inflammatory arthritis caused by uric-acid crystals, often producing sudden severe joint pain.
Persistently raised blood pressure that can silently damage the heart, brain, kidneys and blood vessels.
Another common term for hypertension—blood pressure repeatedly above the recommended range.
Narrowing of arteries that supply the heart muscle, usually due to cholesterol-containing plaque.
Chest discomfort caused by reduced blood supply to the heart muscle, often triggered by exertion.
Sudden damage to heart muscle from a blocked coronary artery.
A condition in which the heart cannot pump or fill efficiently, causing breathlessness, fatigue and fluid retention.
Abnormal heart rhythms that may be too fast, slow or irregular.
Awareness of the heartbeat as racing, pounding, fluttering or skipped beats; causes range from benign to serious.
Disease of the heart muscle that may impair pumping, relaxation or rhythm.
Inflammation of the sac around the heart, often causing sharp chest pain.
A chronic inflammatory airway condition causing reversible episodes of wheeze, cough and breathlessness.
A chronic lung disease, often related to smoking, that causes persistent airflow limitation and breathlessness.
Infection of lung tissue that can cause fever, cough, chest pain and low oxygen.
Short-term inflammation of the breathing tubes, usually viral, causing cough and chest congestion.
Long-standing productive cough caused by chronic airway irritation, commonly associated with smoking and COPD.
Abnormal fluid collection around a lung due to infection, heart, kidney, liver or other disease.
Tuberculosis affecting the lungs, commonly causing prolonged cough, fever, weight loss and night sweats.
A group of disorders causing inflammation or scarring of lung tissue and progressive breathlessness.
A blood clot blocking an artery in the lungs, often causing sudden breathlessness and chest pain.
A critical condition in which the lungs cannot maintain enough oxygen or remove carbon dioxide.
Inflammation or irritation of the stomach lining causing upper-abdominal discomfort, nausea or burning.
A common term for acid-related upper-digestive symptoms such as burning, sour belching or indigestion.
Gastro-oesophageal reflux disease—repeated backward flow of stomach contents causing heartburn or regurgitation.
An open sore in the stomach or first part of the small intestine, commonly linked to H. pylori or painkillers.
Excess fat stored in the liver, commonly associated with obesity, diabetes, abnormal lipids or alcohol.
Liver inflammation caused by hepatitis viruses, with severity and duration depending on the virus.
Advanced permanent scarring of the liver that can lead to fluid retention, bleeding, jaundice and confusion.
Sudden infection or inflammation of the stomach and intestines causing diarrhoea, vomiting and cramps.
A chronic gut–brain interaction disorder causing abdominal pain with altered bowel habits without structural damage.
Infrequent, hard or difficult bowel movements; persistent or new symptoms may need evaluation.
Frequent loose stools caused by infection, medicines, food intolerance or bowel disease.
Inflammation of the pancreas causing severe upper-abdominal pain and often requiring admission.
Infection of the bladder or urinary system causing burning, frequency and sometimes fever or flank pain.
A sudden fall in kidney function due to dehydration, infection, obstruction, medicines or critical illness.
Long-term reduction in kidney function, commonly caused by diabetes or hypertension.
A kidney-filter disorder causing heavy protein loss in urine, swelling and low blood protein.
Inflammation of the kidney filters, sometimes causing blood in urine, swelling and high blood pressure.
Abnormal sodium, potassium, calcium or magnesium levels that may affect muscles, brain and heart rhythm.
Non-surgical evaluation and treatment of selected urinary stones using hydration, pain control and medicines when safe.
Sudden brain injury from a blocked or bleeding blood vessel, causing focal neurological loss.
A temporary stroke-like episode caused by brief interruption of brain blood flow; it is an urgent warning of stroke.
A recurrent neurological headache disorder often associated with nausea and sensitivity to light or sound.
A false sensation of spinning or movement caused by inner-ear, nerve, medicine or brain disorders.
A tendency to have recurrent unprovoked seizures due to abnormal electrical activity in the brain.
Damage to peripheral nerves causing numbness, tingling, burning pain or weakness.
A group of movement symptoms including slowness, stiffness, tremor and balance difficulty.
Progressive decline in memory and thinking severe enough to affect daily independence.
Inflammation or infection of the membranes around the brain and spinal cord.
Inflammation of brain tissue, often infectious or immune-related, causing confusion, seizures or weakness.
Underactive thyroid hormone production causing fatigue, weight gain, cold intolerance and slowing of body functions.
Excess thyroid hormone causing weight loss, heat intolerance, tremor and fast heartbeat.
Enlargement of the thyroid gland caused by nodules, inflammation, iodine imbalance or hormone disorder.
Lumps within the thyroid that are usually benign but require risk-based evaluation.
Conditions causing too little or too much adrenal hormone, affecting blood pressure, salt, sugar and stress response.
Disorders of the master hormone gland that may affect growth, periods, fertility, thyroid, adrenal and water balance.
A lower-than-healthy haemoglobin level that reduces oxygen delivery and causes fatigue, pallor or breathlessness.
Anaemia caused by insufficient iron, often related to blood loss, diet, pregnancy or absorption problems.
Low vitamin B12 causing anaemia and sometimes numbness, balance or memory symptoms.
An inherited haemoglobin disorder ranging from mild trait to severe transfusion-dependent anaemia.
A low platelet count that may increase bruising or bleeding risk depending on severity and cause.
Cancer of blood-forming cells causing abnormal white cells and effects on normal blood production.
Cancer of the lymphatic system that may cause persistent lymph-node swelling, fever, night sweats or weight loss.
Inherited or acquired conditions that impair clotting and cause excessive or prolonged bleeding.
An autoimmune inflammatory disease causing persistent symmetrical joint pain, swelling and morning stiffness.
Degeneration of joint cartilage and related structures causing pain, stiffness and reduced movement.
Inflammatory arthritis mainly affecting the spine and sacroiliac joints, often beginning in younger adults.
An autoimmune disease that may affect skin, joints, kidneys, blood, lungs or nervous system.
Inflammation of blood vessels that can reduce blood supply to skin, nerves or internal organs.
A chronic pain-processing disorder causing widespread pain, fatigue, poor sleep and cognitive symptoms.
Loss of bone strength that increases the risk of fractures, often without symptoms until a fracture occurs.
A bacterial infection of deeper skin layers causing spreading redness, warmth, pain and sometimes fever.
Skin, nail or mucosal infection caused by fungi, often favoured by moisture, diabetes or reduced immunity.
Reactivation of chickenpox virus causing a painful blistering rash in a nerve distribution.
Itching, rash or swelling caused by immune reaction to contact, food, environment or another trigger.
An immune reaction to a medicine, ranging from rash to severe anaphylaxis.
Skin and tissue injury caused by prolonged pressure, usually in people with limited mobility.
Infection of a diabetic foot wound that can spread to deep tissue or bone and needs urgent multidisciplinary care.
Potential venom exposure from a snake bite; the patient needs observation and treatment based on clinical signs.
An animal bite requiring wound care, tetanus assessment and timely rabies prevention.
A painful sting that can occasionally cause dangerous heart, lung or neurological effects.
Illness caused by swallowing, inhaling, injecting or contacting a harmful substance.
Taking a medicine or drug in an amount that may cause toxic effects, intentionally or accidentally.
Life-threatening overheating with altered brain function and very high body temperature.
Loss of water and salts greater than intake, causing thirst, weakness, low urine and circulatory problems.
Heat-related fluid and salt depletion causing heavy sweating, weakness, dizziness and nausea.
A measured rise in body temperature that may result from infection, inflammation, medicines or other illness.
A protective reflex that clears the airways but may signal infection, allergy, asthma, reflux or lung disease.
A feeling of difficult or insufficient breathing caused by lung, heart, blood, metabolic or anxiety-related problems.
Pain or discomfort in the chest with causes ranging from muscle strain and acidity to heart attack or lung clot.
Awareness of fast, pounding, fluttering or skipped heartbeats.
Pain in the head caused by common primary headaches or an underlying medical or neurological disorder.
A broad sensation of light-headedness, imbalance or near-fainting with many possible causes.
A spinning or motion sensation commonly arising from the inner ear but sometimes from neurological disease.
Reduced energy or muscle strength that may be generalised or affect one part of the body.
Persistent physical or mental tiredness not fully relieved by rest.
Unintended reduction in body weight that may reflect dietary, hormonal, infectious, digestive or malignant disease.
Increase in body weight from fat, fluid retention, hormonal change, medicines or reduced activity.
Fluid accumulation in one or both legs caused by veins, heart, kidney, liver, thyroid or local disease.
Pain anywhere between the chest and groin with digestive, urinary, gynaecological, metabolic or surgical causes.
Forceful emptying of stomach contents caused by infection, digestive, neurological, metabolic or medicine-related illness.
Frequent loose stools, often infectious but also caused by medicines, diet or bowel disease.
Hard, infrequent or difficult bowel movements caused by diet, medicines, inactivity, metabolic or bowel disease.
Visible red or maroon blood passed with stool, requiring evaluation of anal, bowel and bleeding causes.
Dark tar-like stool that may indicate bleeding from the upper digestive tract.
Blood in vomit from bleeding in the food pipe, stomach or upper intestine.
Pain or burning while passing urine, commonly caused by infection or irritation.
Red or microscopic blood in urine caused by infection, stone, prostate, kidney or urinary-tract disease.
Pain in one or more joints caused by injury, degeneration, inflammation, infection or metabolic disease.
Generalised muscle and joint aching often caused by viral illness, exertion, sleep problems or systemic disease.
Pain arising from muscles, discs, joints, bones, nerves or referred organ disease.
Pain or stiffness in the neck from posture, strain, joints, discs, nerves or less common serious causes.
Trouble moving food or liquid from mouth to stomach due to throat, nerve or food-pipe disease.
Reduced desire to eat caused by infection, digestive, liver, metabolic, mood or serious systemic disease.
Yellowing of eyes or skin from raised bilirubin due to liver, bile-duct or blood disorders.
Sweating beyond the body’s usual needs, caused by heat, fever, low sugar, thyroid, medicines or other illness.
Passing urine more often than usual due to fluid intake, diabetes, infection, bladder or prostate disease.
Persistent increased thirst commonly linked to dehydration, high blood sugar or fluid-balance disorders.
New difficulty thinking, understanding or staying oriented, especially important in older or acutely ill patients.
Sudden abnormal electrical brain activity causing jerking, staring, altered awareness or loss of consciousness.
Temporary or prolonged unresponsiveness caused by fainting, heart, brain, metabolic or toxic illness.
Involuntary rhythmic shaking from physiological, medicine, thyroid, anxiety or neurological causes.
Reduced or absent sensation from nerve pressure, neuropathy, stroke, vitamin or metabolic disease.
Pins-and-needles sensation due to temporary pressure, nerve, vitamin, metabolic or neurological disease.
Impaired walking caused by pain, weakness, balance, nerve, joint, heart or lung disease.
A broad physician-led preventive assessment tailored to age, sex, lifestyle and medical risk.
Early identification of prediabetes or diabetes and assessment of associated risk.
Accurate blood-pressure measurement and cardiovascular risk review.
Evaluation of factors that increase the future risk of heart attack or stroke.
Age-appropriate review of chronic disease, medicines, mobility, cognition and preventive needs.
Preventive assessment tailored to women’s health, reproductive stage and age-related risks.
Preventive review of metabolic, heart, urinary and age-related health risks.
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Assessment and administration of age- and risk-appropriate vaccines when available.
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