Re: History of Medicine

Alan_K_FL@xxxxxxxxx wrote:

I'm pretty sure that no one presenting with KS or PCP gets diagnosed
with somatization disorder. Oral thrush is also not a common symptom
that leads people to diagnose somatization.


I'd meant the term 'symptom' according to the U.S. Health Department's
definition: "subjective evidence of disease or physical disturbance
observed by the patient."

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/mplusdictionary.html

By 'symptoms', I'd meant specifically: subjective, patient-observed
evidence (in contrast to objective signs). Are you saying that oral-
thrush (a sign) is preceded by no symptoms in HIV cases?


Oral thrush is a symptom when the patient comes in and says, "My mouth hurts and there are white patches all over it."

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