Signs and symptoms

Loss of control over the bladder or bowel, so urine or stool leaks out without the person meaning it to.

An area of tissue that has become firm or hard, felt by touch.

The body's protective response to injury or infection, with redness, heat, swelling, pain and sometimes loss of function.

Trouble falling asleep, staying asleep or getting restful sleep.

A sinking in of the skin between the ribs each time the person breathes in.

Starting and stopping; happening at intervals rather than all the time.

Cramping pain in a leg muscle that comes on with walking and eases with rest, from narrowed arteries.

A state in which alcohol, a drug or a poison changes how a person thinks, acts or how the body works.

The pressure inside the skull, made by the brain, the blood and the fluid around the brain.

A state of being easily annoyed, upset or made angry; in babies, fussiness and crying that is hard to soothe.

Easily annoyed, upset or angered; in a baby, fussy and hard to calm.

Soreness, redness, itching or burning of a body part, caused by something that rubs it or bothers it.

An uncomfortable feeling in the skin that makes a person want to scratch.