abdominal pain
Abdominal pain could be a component of the fosce
This could present in
- Cancer
- Diverticulitis
- IBS
- Coeliac
- Acute hepatitis
- IBD
- Peptic ulcer disease
- Obstruction
- Acute abdomen
Change in bowel habit
Change in bowel habit could also be a component of the fosce
Generally a change from the norm in bowel habits
Symptoms of this include
- diarrheoa
- overflow diarrhoae
- constipation
- rectal bleeding
- change in colour of faeces
- change in smell of faeces
- change in evacuation of rectum
- change in frequency of going to bathroom.
Headache
primary and secondary headache
primary headache is just the headache as source of symptoms
-
migraine
-
tension headache
secondary is another headache inducing issue like
- raised icp
- space occupling lestion
- trauma
- infection
- meningitis
- encephalitis
- sinusitis
its important to rule out SOL and meningitis
ask about trauma, present on waking, if coughing or straining makes it worse,
Limb dysfunction
stokre or peripheral nerve damage
LMN lesion
Back pain
disc prolapse cauda equina syndrome