A discussion on each of these components is outside the scope of this manual. Patients complaints are mostly linked to symptoms. A symptom is not a diagnosis, although it will usually lead to it. The following five patients all have the same complaint, a sore throat. Let's look at them in more detail.
Exercise Define the problem for each of the following patients.
Follow the hypertext links to see the discussion for each case. Complains of a severe sore throat. Complains of a sore throat but is also very tired and has enlarged lymph nodes in her neck. She has come for the results of last week's laboratory tests. Complains of a sore throat.