List of presenting complaints
From IKE
Note: Original in textbook Current Diagnosis & Treatment in Family Medicine, 2nd Edition
This is a list of possible complaints to a GP's office, arranged by broad categories.
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Top 20
- "Tummy Ache" - Generalized abdominal pain
- Approach to toddler with fever
- Painful periods
- Generalized fatigue
- Lower Back Pain
- Unilateral leg swelling
- Transient monocular visual disturbance
- Dysuria
- Bright red blood per rectum
- Frank hematuria
- Chronic headache
- Difficulty urinating
- Shortness of Breath, "can't catch my breath"
- Urethral discharge
- Pregnant woman with vaginal bleeding
- Unexplained weight loss
- Sore throat
- "flu-like symptoms"
- Dizziness
- One episode of loss of consciousness
Infancy & Childhood
- Well child care
- Childhood obesity
- Developmental delay
- Poverty
- Speech delay
- Persistent temper tantrums
- Poor school performance
- Failure to Thrive
- Emesis in breastfed baby
- Counseling on breastfeeding
- Teething pain
- Neonatal Hyperbilirubinemia
- Breast-Feeding & Infant Nutrition
- Common Infections in Children
- Otitis media
- Skin Diseases in Infants & Children
- Abdominal exanthem
- Routine Childhood Vaccines
- Disruptive Behavioral Disorders in Children
- Seizures
Adolescence
- Physical Activity in Adolescents
- Eating Disorders
- Adolescent Sexuality
- Menstrual Disorders
- Sexually Transmitted Diseases
- Dysuria
- Genital sore
Adults
- Preconception Care
- Counseling re: infertility
- Contraception
- Adverse effects of contraceptives
- Adult Sexual Dysfunction
- Acute Coronary Syndrome
- Heart Failure
- Dyslipidemias
- Urinary Tract Infections
- Arthritis: Osteoarthritis, Gout, & Rheumatoid Arthritis
- Low Back Pain
- Neck Pain
- Evaluation of Breast Lumps
- Respiratory Problems
- SOBOE
- SOB regardless of exertion
- Persistent cough
- Headache
- Osteoporosis
- Abdominal Pain
- Anemia
- Hepatobiliary Disorders
- Vaginal Bleeding
- Spotting, dysmenorrhea
- Hypertension
- Diabetes Mellitus
- Endocrine Disorders
- Acute Musculoskeletal Complaints
- Common Upper & Lower Extremity Fractures
Geriatrics
- Healthy Aging & Assessing Older Adults
- Common Geriatric Problems
- Urinary Incontinence
- Depression in Older Patients
- Elder Abuse
- Movement Disorders
- Hearing & Vision Impairment in the Elderly
- Oral Health
Therapeutics, Genetics, & Prevention
- Pharmacotherapeutics
- Genetics for Family Physicians
- Pharmacogenomics
- Complementary & Alternative Medicine
- Chronic Pain Management
- Travel Medicine
Psychosocial Disorders
- Depression in Diverse Populations
- Anxiety Disorders
- Personality Disorders
- Somatoform Disorders, Factitious Disorder, & Malingering
- Substance Use Disorders
- Tobacco Cessation
- Interpersonal Violence
Physician–Patient Issues
- Communication
- Cultural Competence
- Health & Health Care Disparities
- Caring for Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, & Transgender Patients
- Hospice & Palliative Medicine
