Symptom database

Search symptoms by name, body system, tracking context, and urgency notes.

These entries are reference summaries with MedlinePlus source links. They support tracking and discussion, not diagnosis or treatment decisions.

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Severe pain reference image: A person jogging outdoors.
Image: Jogging Woman in Grass.jpg by Mike Baird, CC BY 2.0.

Severe pain

Severe pain is a pain or sensory complaint that is often tracked by location, intensity, timing, triggers, and response to treatment.

Pain Pain / sensory
Leg swelling reference image: An anatomical illustration of the human heart.
Image: Blausen 0451 Heart Anterior.png by Blausen Medical Communications, Inc., CC BY 3.0.

Leg swelling

Leg swelling is a heart, blood vessel, or circulation-related symptom that may be useful to track with pulse, blood pressure, swelling, exertion, and medication timing.

Cardiovascular Heart / circulation
Black stools reference image: An anatomical illustration of the adult digestive system.
Image: Adult Digestive System.png by BruceBlaus, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Black stools

Black stools is a digestive or abdominal symptom that may be tracked with meals, hydration, bowel pattern, medicines, and associated pain.

Digestive Gastrointestinal
Blood in stool reference image: An anatomical illustration of the adult digestive system.
Image: Adult Digestive System.png by BruceBlaus, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Blood in stool

Blood in stool is a digestive or abdominal symptom that may be tracked with meals, hydration, bowel pattern, medicines, and associated pain.

Digestive Gastrointestinal
Constipation reference image: An anatomical illustration of the adult digestive system.
Image: Adult Digestive System.png by BruceBlaus, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Constipation

Constipation is a digestive or abdominal symptom that may be tracked with meals, hydration, bowel pattern, medicines, and associated pain.

Digestive Gastrointestinal
Heartburn reference image: An anatomical illustration of the adult digestive system.
Image: Adult Digestive System.png by BruceBlaus, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Heartburn

Heartburn is a digestive or abdominal symptom that may be tracked with meals, hydration, bowel pattern, medicines, and associated pain.

Digestive Gastrointestinal
Indigestion reference image: An anatomical illustration of the adult digestive system.
Image: Adult Digestive System.png by BruceBlaus, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Indigestion

Indigestion is a digestive or abdominal symptom that may be tracked with meals, hydration, bowel pattern, medicines, and associated pain.

Digestive Gastrointestinal
Nosebleed reference image: A person jogging outdoors.
Image: Jogging Woman in Grass.jpg by Mike Baird, CC BY 2.0.

Nosebleed

Nosebleed is an eye, ear, nose, mouth, or throat symptom that may be tracked with pain, discharge, hearing or vision changes, and infection or allergy context.

Eye / ear / nose / throat Head and neck
Tongue swelling reference image: An anatomical illustration of the human heart.
Image: Blausen 0451 Heart Anterior.png by Blausen Medical Communications, Inc., CC BY 3.0.

Tongue swelling

Tongue swelling is an eye, ear, nose, mouth, or throat symptom that may be tracked with pain, discharge, hearing or vision changes, and infection or allergy context.

Eye / ear / nose / throat Head and neck
Watery eyes reference image: A person jogging outdoors.
Image: Jogging Woman in Grass.jpg by Mike Baird, CC BY 2.0.

Watery eyes

Watery eyes is an eye, ear, nose, mouth, or throat symptom that may be tracked with pain, discharge, hearing or vision changes, and infection or allergy context.

Eye / ear / nose / throat Head and neck
Fever reference image: A person jogging outdoors.
Image: Jogging Woman in Grass.jpg by Mike Baird, CC BY 2.0.

Fever

Fever is a body-wide symptom or change that can be useful to track alongside temperature, hydration, sleep, medicines, and recent exposures.

General / systemic Whole body
Swelling reference image: An anatomical illustration of the human heart.
Image: Blausen 0451 Heart Anterior.png by Blausen Medical Communications, Inc., CC BY 3.0.

Swelling

Swelling is a body-wide symptom or change that can be useful to track alongside temperature, hydration, sleep, medicines, and recent exposures.

General / systemic Whole body
Bleeding after medication reference image: An anatomical illustration of red blood cells.
Image: Blausen 0761 RedBloodCells.png by BruceBlaus, CC BY 3.0.

Bleeding after medication

Bleeding after medication is a possible medicine, injection, allergy, or exposure-related symptom that is useful to record with timing, dose, route, and product details.

Medication / allergy Medication safety
Severe allergic reaction reference image: A weekly medication organizer with capsules.
Image: Pilulier semainier.JPG by Stephane8888, CC BY-SA 2.5.

Severe allergic reaction

Severe allergic reaction is a possible medicine, injection, allergy, or exposure-related symptom that is useful to record with timing, dose, route, and product details.

Medication / allergy Medication safety
Bone pain reference image: An anatomical illustration of the knee joint.
Image: Blausen 0596 KneeAnatomy Front.png by BruceBlaus, CC BY 3.0.

Bone pain

Bone pain is a muscle, joint, bone, or movement-related symptom that may be tracked with location, activity, injury, swelling, stiffness, and function.

Musculoskeletal Bones / joints / muscles
Falls reference image: An anatomical illustration of the knee joint.
Image: Blausen 0596 KneeAnatomy Front.png by BruceBlaus, CC BY 3.0.

Falls

Falls is a muscle, joint, bone, or movement-related symptom that may be tracked with location, activity, injury, swelling, stiffness, and function.

Musculoskeletal Bones / joints / muscles
Joint swelling reference image: An anatomical illustration of the knee joint.
Image: Blausen 0596 KneeAnatomy Front.png by BruceBlaus, CC BY 3.0.

Joint swelling

Joint swelling is a muscle, joint, bone, or movement-related symptom that may be tracked with location, activity, injury, swelling, stiffness, and function.

Musculoskeletal Bones / joints / muscles
Muscle weakness reference image: An anatomical illustration of the knee joint.
Image: Blausen 0596 KneeAnatomy Front.png by BruceBlaus, CC BY 3.0.

Muscle weakness

Muscle weakness is a muscle, joint, bone, or movement-related symptom that may be tracked with location, activity, injury, swelling, stiffness, and function.

Musculoskeletal Bones / joints / muscles
Light sensitivity reference image: An anatomical illustration of the brain.
Image: Blausen 0101 Brain LateralView.png by BruceBlaus, CC BY 3.0.

Light sensitivity

Light sensitivity is a nervous-system symptom that may be important to track with timing, location, mental status, movement changes, and related medicines or exposures.

Neurologic Brain / nerves
Migraine aura reference image: An anatomical illustration of the brain.
Image: Blausen 0101 Brain LateralView.png by BruceBlaus, CC BY 3.0.

Migraine aura

Migraine aura is a nervous-system symptom that may be important to track with timing, location, mental status, movement changes, and related medicines or exposures.

Neurologic Brain / nerves
Restless legs reference image: An anatomical illustration of the brain.
Image: Blausen 0101 Brain LateralView.png by BruceBlaus, CC BY 3.0.

Restless legs

Restless legs is a nervous-system symptom that may be important to track with timing, location, mental status, movement changes, and related medicines or exposures.

Neurologic Brain / nerves
Seizure reference image: An anatomical illustration of the brain.
Image: Blausen 0101 Brain LateralView.png by BruceBlaus, CC BY 3.0.

Seizure

Seizure is a nervous-system symptom that may be important to track with timing, location, mental status, movement changes, and related medicines or exposures.

Neurologic Brain / nerves
Sound sensitivity reference image: An anatomical illustration of the brain.
Image: Blausen 0101 Brain LateralView.png by BruceBlaus, CC BY 3.0.

Sound sensitivity

Sound sensitivity is a nervous-system symptom that may be important to track with timing, location, mental status, movement changes, and related medicines or exposures.

Neurologic Brain / nerves
Burning pain reference image: A person jogging outdoors.
Image: Jogging Woman in Grass.jpg by Mike Baird, CC BY 2.0.

Burning pain

Burning pain is a pain or sensory complaint that is often tracked by location, intensity, timing, triggers, and response to treatment.

Pain Pain / sensory
Chest pain reference image: An anatomical illustration of the human heart.
Image: Blausen 0451 Heart Anterior.png by Blausen Medical Communications, Inc., CC BY 3.0.

Chest pain

Chest pain is a pain or sensory complaint that is often tracked by location, intensity, timing, triggers, and response to treatment.

Pain Pain / sensory
Neck pain reference image: A person jogging outdoors.
Image: Jogging Woman in Grass.jpg by Mike Baird, CC BY 2.0.

Neck pain

Neck pain is a pain or sensory complaint that is often tracked by location, intensity, timing, triggers, and response to treatment.

Pain Pain / sensory
Tenderness reference image: A person jogging outdoors.
Image: Jogging Woman in Grass.jpg by Mike Baird, CC BY 2.0.

Tenderness

Tenderness is a pain or sensory complaint that is often tracked by location, intensity, timing, triggers, and response to treatment.

Pain Pain / sensory
Toothache reference image: A person jogging outdoors.
Image: Jogging Woman in Grass.jpg by Mike Baird, CC BY 2.0.

Toothache

Toothache is a pain or sensory complaint that is often tracked by location, intensity, timing, triggers, and response to treatment.

Pain Pain / sensory
Nasal congestion reference image: An anatomical illustration of the respiratory system.
Image: Blausen 0770 RespiratorySystem 02.png by BruceBlaus, CC BY 3.0.

Nasal congestion

Nasal congestion is a breathing, airway, nose, throat, or lung-related symptom that may be tracked with oxygen saturation, triggers, and medication use when relevant.

Respiratory Lungs / airways
Easy bruising reference image: An anatomical illustration of skin layers.
Image: Blausen 0810 SkinAnatomy 01.png by BruceBlaus, CC BY 3.0.

Easy bruising

Easy bruising is a skin, hair, nail, or visible tissue change that can be tracked with appearance, spread, triggers, itching, pain, and exposures.

Skin / hair / nails Skin