nausea and vomiting fatigue and exhaustion breathlessness (dyspnoea) constipation. Illness Common Symptoms AIDS (HIV Neuropathy (pain), dementia, confusion, depression, disease) weight loss, weakness, renal failure and infections such as pneumonia because of the compromised immune system Alzheimer’s Confusion, forgetfulness, dementia, depression, insomnia, disease hallucinations, seizures, anxiety, hostility, coma -Amyotrophic Progressive loss of muscle function starting with limbs and Lateral Sclerosis eventually affecting swallowing, speech, and respiratory function; weakness, fatigue, depression Cancers Bladder -- Blood in the urine, pain on urination Bone - Intense pain, increased tendency to fracture, collapsed vertebrae Brain - Confusion, headache, lethargy, weakness or paralysis of arm or leg, nausea or vomiting, seizures, decreased level of alertness, possibly coma Breast - Swelling in the arm on the side of the mastectomy, tumours breaking through the skin Cervix, Uterus - Abnormal discharge, bleeding - Nausea, vomiting, decreased appetite, diarrhea, constipation, fluid in the abdomen that creates blisters on the skin (ascites), possibly a colostomy Esophagus - Decreased ability to swallow, may have a feeding tube, difficulty speaking Kidney - Pain in lower back, blood in urine Liver - Profound weakness, loss of appetite, abdominal fullness, yellowing of the skin, confusion Lung - Shortness of breath, coughing of blood and sputum, fear Lymphoma - Night chills and sweats, low-grade fever,
nausea and vomiting fatigue and exhaustion breathlessness (dyspnoea) constipation. Illness Common Symptoms AIDS (HIV disease) Neuropathy (pain), dementia, confusion, depression, weight loss, weakness, renal failure and infections such as pneumonia because of the compromised immune system Alzheimer’s disease Confusion, forgetfulness, dementia, depression, insomnia, hallucinations, seizures, anxiety, hostility, coma -Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Progressive loss of muscle function starting with limbs and eventually affecting swallowing, speech, and respiratory function; weakness, fatigue, depression Cancers Bladder -- Blood in the urine, pain on urination Bone - Intense pain, increased tendency to fracture, collapsed vertebrae Brain - Confusion, headache, lethargy, weakness or paralysis of arm or leg, nausea or vomiting, seizures, decreased level of alertness, possibly coma Breast - Swelling in the arm on the side of the mastectomy, tumours breaking through the skin Cervix, Uterus - Abnormal discharge, bleeding - Nausea, vomiting, decreased appetite, diarrhea, constipation, fluid in the abdomen that creates blisters on the skin (ascites), possibly a colostomy Esophagus - Decreased ability to swallow, may have a feeding tube, difficulty speaking Kidney - Pain in lower back, blood in urine Liver - Profound weakness, loss of appetite, abdominal fullness, yellowing of the skin, confusion Lung - Shortness of breath, coughing of blood and sputum, fear Lymphoma - Night chills and sweats, low-grade fever,
volunteer_manual_en.docx