Sign of a disease is something that a nurse can see or feel for herself. She can observe it. While symptom is something that only the patient knows about it. The patient tells the nurse about it.
Other common signs are rapid pulse, irregular pulse, pallor, haematemesis, jaundice, dyspnoea, cyanosis, laceration, inflammation, shallow pulse, weight gain, and shallow respiration. Some common symptoms are sharp pain, stomachache, dizziness, hunger, diarrhea, thirst, dypsnoea, constipation, headache, anorexia, and backache.
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