Symptom library
Doctor-reviewed explainers for the symptoms patients most often bring to a primary-care visit. Each entry maps the symptom to the lab tests a clinician would order and the conditions worth ruling in or out.
Fatigue
Persistent tiredness disproportionate to recent activity. Most cases that reach a lab have an identifiable, treatable cause — anaemia, thyroid dysfunction, vitamin deficiency or metabolic disease.
Read →Joint Pain
Joint pain has dozens of causes, from acute crystal arthritis to chronic autoimmune disease. The lab approach focuses on identifying treatable inflammatory or metabolic drivers.
Read →Unintentional Weight Loss
Losing more than 5% of body weight in 6–12 months without trying. A non-specific but always-significant symptom — the lab work-up rules in or out the leading reversible causes.
Read →Abdominal Pain
Abdominal pain has dozens of causes localised to specific quadrants. Lab work narrows the differential by ruling in or out hepatic, pancreatic, gallbladder and inflammatory disease.
Read →Chest Pain
Chest pain can be anything from acid reflux to a heart attack. Acute severe chest pain is an emergency — Mediora's role is in tracking cardiovascular risk markers, not triaging acute symptoms.
Read →Hair Loss
Diffuse hair shedding often points at iron deficiency, thyroid dysfunction or recent illness rather than primary skin disease. The lab work-up is short and high-yield.
Read →Dizziness
Dizziness covers vertigo, lightheadedness and disequilibrium — distinct experiences with different work-ups. Lab work investigates anaemia, thyroid disease, electrolyte derangement and dehydration.
Read →Swelling (Edema)
Visible fluid swelling — usually in legs and ankles, sometimes face or abdomen. Reflects heart, kidney, liver disease or hypothyroidism; the lab work-up rules them apart.
Read →Nausea
Persistent nausea is a non-specific signal — common causes range from gastritis to medication side effects to early diabetes to kidney or liver disease. The lab work-up is broad-net.
Read →Palpitations
Sensation of fast, irregular or forceful heartbeat. Often benign (anxiety, caffeine, exercise) — but the lab work-up rules out thyroid disease, anaemia and electrolyte derangement.
Read →Constipation
Infrequent or difficult bowel movements. Usually due to diet, fluids and medications — but the lab work-up rules out hypothyroidism, hypercalcaemia and kidney disease.
Read →Shortness of Breath
Dyspnoea — the uncomfortable awareness of breathing — can reflect cardiac, pulmonary, haematologic or anxiety causes. Lab work focuses on identifying the haematologic and metabolic contributors.
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