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Vague symptoms: Contents

Vague symptoms: Introduction

There are a number of diseases, some of them very serious, which only cause mild or vague symptoms. People may not even really feel sick, but just have a feeling that things are not quite right. In some conditions, the symptoms get worse over time, but for some conditions, the symptoms may stay vague or non-specific for a long period. Any symptom needs checking with your doctor, even if it seems mild or minor. Some of the conditions on this list are potentially very serious, such as diabetes, certain types of cancer, and several others.

Many of these conditions with vague symptoms are on the list of under-diagnosed conditions because they can be missed. In addition to this list of conditions, there are other conditions that may have no symptoms (either the whole time or in their early phases).

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Causes of Vague symptoms

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Vague symptoms: Symptom Checker

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Causes of General Symptom Types

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Causes of Similar Symptoms to Vague symptoms

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Misdiagnosis and Vague symptoms

Cluster of diseases with difficult diagnosis issues: There is a well-known list of medical conditions that are all somewhat difficult to diagnose, and all can present in a variety of different severities. Diseases in this group include multiple sclerosis, lupus, Lyme disease, fibromyalgia, thyroid disorders (hypothyroidism or hyperthyroidism), chronic fatigue syndrome, diabetes - all of these can have vague symptoms in their early presentations. Also, depression can have some symptoms similar to these conditions, and also the reverse, that many of these conditions can mimic depression and be misdiagnosed as depression....read more »

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Home Diagnostic Testing and Vague symptoms

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Stories from Users for Vague symptoms

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Organs affected by Vague symptoms:

The list of organs typically affected by Vague symptoms may include, but is not limited to:

  • General constitution

Detailed list of causes of Vague symptoms

The list below shows some of the causes of Vague symptoms mentioned in various sources:

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How Common are these Causes of Vague symptoms?

This information refers to the general prevalence and incidence of these diseases, not to how likely they are to be the actual cause of Vague symptoms. Of the 61 causes of Vague symptoms that we have listed, we have the following prevalence/incidence information:

  • 8 causes are "very common" diseases
  • 7 causes are "common" diseases
  • 4 causes are "uncommon" diseases
  • 1 causes are "rare" diseases
  • 12 causes are "very rare" diseases
  • 36 causes have no prevalence information.

See the analysis of the prevalence of 61 causes of Vague symptoms

Conditions listing symptoms: Vague symptoms:

The following list of conditions have 'Vague symptoms' or similar listed as a symptom in our database. This computer-generated list may be inaccurate or incomplete. Always seek prompt professional medical advice about the cause of any symptom.

A

  • Acromegaly ... mild symptoms
  • Adult Cystic Fibrosis ... mild symptoms
  • Amebic dysentery ... mild early symptoms
  • Anemia ... mild early symptoms
  • Autoimmune thyroid diseases ... vague symptoms

    B

  • Baylisascaris ... few symptoms
  • Brain abscess ... vague early symptoms

    C

  • Celiac Disease ... non-specific symptoms
  • Congenital Toxoplasmosis ... Mild symptoms

    D

  • Deep vein thrombosis ... mild symptoms
  • Diabetes ... Early mild symptoms
  • Diabetic Gastroparesis ... Mild early symptoms
  • Diabetic neuropathy ... Mild symptoms
  • Diabetic Peripheral Neuropathy ... Mild symptoms
  • Diphyllobothriasis ... mild symptoms
  • Diphyllobothrium latum infection ... mild symptoms

    E

  • Encephalitis ... mild early symptoms
  • Endocarditis ... non-specific symptoms
  • Enteroviruses ... mild symptoms

    F

  • Fallopian tube cancer ... nonspecific symptoms

    G

  • Gestational diabetes ... mild symptoms
  • Gonorrhea ... Mild symptoms
  • Goodpasture syndrome ... non-specific symptoms
  • Group A Streptococcal Infections ... mild symptoms

    H

  • Hemochromatosis ... non-specific symptoms
  • Hepatitis ... mild symptoms
  • Hyperglycemia ... mild symptoms, non-specific symptoms
  • Hyperparathyroidism ... vague symptoms
  • Hypertension ... non-specific symptoms
  • Hypothyroidism ... vague symptoms

    I

  • Iron deficiency anemia ... mild early symptoms

    J

  • Japanese encephalitis ... mild symptoms

    L

  • Listeriosis ... mild symptoms
  • Listeriosis of pregnancy ... mild illness
  • Lupus ... vague symptoms
  • Lyme disease ... mild illness

    M

  • Malaria ... mild early symptoms
  • Melioidosis ... Milder symptoms
  • Mitral regurgitation ... mild symptoms
  • Mitral-valve prolapse ... mild symptoms
  • Motion sickness ... Mild symptoms:
  • Multiple Sclerosis ... mild symptoms

    N

  • Non-Specific Urethritis ... mild symptoms

    O

  • Ovarian Cancer ... vague symptoms

    P

  • Paget's disease of bone ... vague symptoms
  • Paralytic shellfish poisoning ... mild symptoms
  • Pneumoconiosis ... few symptoms
  • Primary Fallopian Tube Cancer ... nonspecific symptoms

    R

  • Reovirus infection ... mild symptoms
  • Rift Valley Fever ... mild illness

    S

  • Secondary Fallopian Tube Cancer ... nonspecific symptoms
  • Sexually Transmitted Diseases ... Mild symptoms

    T

  • Tapeworms ... mild symptoms
  • Thrombosis ... mild symptoms
  • Thyroid disorders ... vague symptoms
  • Toxoplasmosis ... Mild symptoms
  • Trichinosis ... mild symptoms
  • Type 2 diabetes ... Early mild symptoms

    V

  • Viral Hepatitis ... mild symptoms

    W

  • Wegener's granulomatosis ... non-specific symptoms
  • West Nile fever ... mild symptoms

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    • Causes of Vague symptoms Based on Risk Factors

    This information shows analysis of the list of causes of Vague symptoms based on whether certain risk factors apply to the patient:

  • Travel - has the patient travelled recently?
  • Diabetes - history of diabetes or family history of diabetes?

    Classifications of Vague symptoms:

    Medical Conditions associated with Vague symptoms:

    Common symptoms (7505 causes), Sick (5598 causes)

    Symptoms related to Vague symptoms:

    No symptoms (1238 causes), Mild symptoms (61 causes), Tingling (782 causes), Burning sensations (411 causes), Chronic symptoms, Nausea (2271 causes), Malaise (355 causes), Feeling unwell, Recurring symptoms

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    News Archives for Vague symptoms

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