Signs and symptoms

A firm lump in the eyelid from a blocked oil gland, made of chronically inflamed tissue.

Three findings together: fever with chills, pain in the upper right abdomen, and jaundice.

Pain or discomfort felt anywhere in the chest.

A breathing pattern in which breaths grow deeper and then shallower in a repeating cycle, with pauses in breathing between cycles.

A plate of bone or membrane, present from birth, that blocks one or both openings at the back of the nose.

A growth of skin and its shed keratin trapped in the middle ear, which is benign but slowly destroys the bone around it.

Pain that lasts longer than about 3 months or past the time tissues normally take to heal.

A twitch of the muscles of the face when the facial nerve, just in front of the ear, is tapped.

A widening and rounding of the fingertips, with the angle where the nail meets the skin flattened to 180 degrees or more.

A low-pitched, bubbling or gurgling lung sound heard with a stethoscope, usually while breathing in.

Vomit that is dark brown and grainy, like used coffee grounds.

Hearing loss in which sound cannot get through the outer or middle ear to the inner ear.

A wart on or near the genitals or anus; condyloma acuminatum, the common genital wart, is caused by human papillomavirus.

A state in which a person cannot think clearly, pay attention, remember or know where they are.

A buildup of fluid, blood or mucus in a body part, such as a blocked nose or fluid in the lungs.

How easily a person, especially a crying child, can be comforted.

Bowel movements that happen less often than usual, with hard, dry stool that is difficult to pass.

A scratch on the surface of the cornea, the clear front of the eye, which is painful and can blur vision.

A sudden, forceful burst of air from the lungs that clears the airways.

A swollen gallbladder that can be felt through the abdomen but is not tender, in a person with jaundice.

A short popping or crackling lung sound heard through a stethoscope, usually while breathing in.

A sudden, painful tightening of a muscle that does not relax right away.

A crackling, grating or popping sound or feeling, as from a joint, broken bone ends, or air trapped under the skin.

Bluish or purplish bruising of the skin around the navel.

Stool made of dark red blood mixed with mucus, looking like red currant jelly.

A group of three findings: rising systolic blood pressure with a widening pulse pressure, a slowing pulse, and irregular breathing.

A blue or gray color of the skin, lips or nail beds.