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prodromal symptom

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prodromal symptom
Etymology: Gk, pro + dromos, course, symptoma, that which happens
a symptom that may be the first indication of the onset of a disease.

symptom,
n any morbid phenomenon or departure from the normal in function, appearance, or sensation, experienced by the patient and indicative of disease. See also sign.
symptom, constitutional,
n symptom related to the systemic effects of a disease (e.g., fever, malaise, anorexia, weight loss).
symptoms, diagnostic signs and,
symptom, prodromal,
n the first observable indicator of an illness; the initial manifestation of a disease.


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These are called prodromal symptoms and may include one or several typical symptoms in each patient.
If you happen to have a prescription for anti-viral medications such as acyclovir or valacyclovir, you should begin taking them as soon as prodromal symptoms begin--the sooner you start the more effective they will be and the shorter and less painful and annoying your outbreak will be.
2 We present the case of a young active patient who denied prodromal symptoms but ruptured the LHB while performing his usual 25-pound biceps curls.
 
 
 
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