MedicalSymptom

Any complaint sensed and expressed by the patient (therefore defined as subjective) like stomachache, lower-back pain, or fatigue.

Type Information

• Parent Type: MedicalSignOrSymptom
• Schema.org URL: https://schema.org/MedicalSymptom

Properties

This type has no additional properties beyond those inherited from its parent types.

Properties from MedicalSignOrSymptom

| Property | Expected Type | Description | |----------|---------------|-------------| | possibleTreatment | MedicalTherapy | A possible treatment to address this condition, sign or symptom. |

Properties from MedicalCondition

| Property | Expected Type | Description | |----------|---------------|-------------| | differentialDiagnosis | DDxElement | One of a set of differential diagnoses for the condition. Specifically, a closely-related or competing diagnosis typically considered later in the cognitive process whereby this medical condition is distinguished from others most likely responsible for a similar collection of signs and symptoms to reach the most parsimonious diagnosis or diagnoses in a patient. | | possibleComplication | Text | A possible unexpected and unfavorable evolution of a medical condition. Complications may include worsening of the signs or symptoms of the disease, extension of the condition to other organ systems, etc. | | status | EventStatusType or MedicalStudyStatus or Text | The status of the study (enumerated). | | drug | Drug | Specifying a drug or medicine used in a medication procedure. | | stage | MedicalConditionStage | The stage of the condition, if applicable. | | pathophysiology | Text | Changes in the normal mechanical, physical, and biochemical functions that are associated with this activity or condition. | | primaryPrevention | MedicalTherapy | A preventative therapy used to prevent an initial occurrence of the medical condition, such as vaccination. | | epidemiology | Text | The characteristics of associated patients, such as age, gender, race etc. | | secondaryPrevention | MedicalTherapy | A preventative therapy used to prevent reoccurrence of the medical condition after an initial episode of the condition. | | associatedAnatomy | AnatomicalSystem or SuperficialAnatomy or AnatomicalStructure | The anatomy of the underlying organ system or structures associated with this entity. | | riskFactor | MedicalRiskFactor | A modifiable or non-modifiable factor that increases the risk of a patient contracting this condition, e.g. age, coexisting condition. | | naturalProgression | Text | The expected progression of the condition if it is not treated and allowed to progress naturally. | | expectedPrognosis | Text | The likely outcome in either the short term or long term of the medical condition. | | typicalTest | MedicalTest | A medical test typically performed given this condition. | | possibleTreatment | MedicalTherapy | A possible treatment to address this condition, sign or symptom. | | signOrSymptom | MedicalSignOrSymptom | A sign or symptom of this condition. Signs are objective or physically observable manifestations of the medical condition while symptoms are the subjective experience of the medical condition. |

Properties from MedicalEntity

| Property | Expected Type | Description | |----------|---------------|-------------| | code | MedicalCode | A medical code for the entity, taken from a controlled vocabulary or ontology such as ICD-9, DiseasesDB, MeSH, SNOMED-CT, RxNorm, etc. | | study | MedicalStudy | A medical study or trial related to this entity. | | funding | Grant | A [[Grant]] that directly or indirectly provide funding or sponsorship for this item. See also [[ownershipFundingInfo]]. | | recognizingAuthority | Organization | If applicable, the organization that officially recognizes this entity as part of its endorsed system of medicine. | | guideline | MedicalGuideline | A medical guideline related to this entity. | | medicineSystem | MedicineSystem | The system of medicine that includes this MedicalEntity, for example 'evidence-based', 'homeopathic', 'chiropractic', etc. | | relevantSpecialty | MedicalSpecialty | If applicable, a medical specialty in which this entity is relevant. | | legalStatus | DrugLegalStatus or MedicalEnumeration or Text | The drug or supplement's legal status, including any controlled substance schedules that apply. |

Properties from Thing

| Property | Expected Type | Description | |----------|---------------|-------------| | digital | Number | A number from 0.0 to 1.0 representing the degree of digital vs physical embodiment. 1.0 = fully digital, 0.0 = fully physical, 0.5 = hybrid. | | disambiguatingDescription | Text | A sub property of description. A short description of the item used to disambiguate from other, similar items. Information from other properties (in particular, name) may be necessary for the description to be useful for disambiguation. | | potentialAction | Action | Indicates a potential Action, which describes an idealized action in which this thing would play an 'object' role. | | additionalType | Text or URL | An additional type for the item, typically used for adding more specific types from external vocabularies in microdata syntax. This is a relationship between something and a class that the thing is in. Typically the value is a URI-identified RDF class, and in this case corresponds to the use of rdf:type in RDF. Text values can be used sparingly, for cases where useful information can be added without their being an appropriate schema to reference. In the case of text values, the class label should follow the schema.org style guide. | | identifier | URL or Text or PropertyValue | The identifier property represents any kind of identifier for any kind of [[Thing]], such as ISBNs, GTIN codes, UUIDs etc. Schema.org provides dedicated properties for representing many of these, either as textual strings or as URL (URI) links. See background notes for more details. | | image | ImageObject or URL | An image of the item. This can be a [[URL]] or a fully described [[ImageObject]]. | | sameAs | URL | URL of a reference Web page that unambiguously indicates the item's identity. E.g. the URL of the item's Wikipedia page, Wikidata entry, or official website. | | description | Text or TextObject | A description of the item. | | alternateName | Text | An alias for the item. | | url | URL | URL of the item. | | subjectOf | Event or CreativeWork | A CreativeWork or Event about this Thing. | | name | Text | The name of the item. | | mainEntityOfPage | CreativeWork or URL | Indicates a page (or other CreativeWork) for which this thing is the main entity being described. See background notes for details. |