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health advisory Hospital Diseases 2007-11-12 17:57:24

Answer:

Hi I am Kelley and have been a nurse for 20 years, now to answer your question:

Signs are actually symptoms too but they are things that can be "seen", such as, a rash, swelling, redness or even abnormal lab values, in the medical profession these things are called "objective"; symptoms, on the other hand, are "subjective" meaning that the person feels things that cannot necessarily be seen, such as, nausea, dizziness, chest pain, etc. I hope this was somewhat helpful.

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Signs are visible to others, like a rash, redness in your face, etc.

Symptoms are what you have to mention, like your stomach hurts, because it can't be seen to be in pain by looking at it.

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signs are objective-measurable temp, pulse, heart rate ect.

symptoms are subjective what the patient tells you they feel as in pain, heart palpatations, anxiety, ect.

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Signs are objective things that can be observed and measured by a clinician. Things such as vital signs, labs, a rash, ejection fraction, response to treatment.

Symptoms are subjective things that are experienced and described by a patient. Things such as pain, difficulty breathing, pruritis, sees black spots before the eyes.

Signs are objective. Symptoms are subjective.

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Signs are those which are elicited on clinical examination. Symptoms are those which are described by the patient or his attendants.

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