Common Symptoms: Understanding Everyday Health Concerns

🩺 Medically reviewed by the Health Decoded Guide Editorial Team · Last reviewed: July 2026

Browse common symptoms below.


🟧 General Symptoms

• Fever (adults and children and treatment at home)
• Fatigue
• Weakness
• Night sweats
• Cough
• Unexplained weight loss
• Loss of appetite
• Swollen lymph nodes
• Unexplained bruising
 

🟧 Head & Brain Symptoms


🟧 Eye Symptoms



🟧 Ear, Nose & Throat Symptoms

• Sore throat
• Runny or blocked nose
• Ear pain
• Hearing loss
• Ringing in the ears (tinnitus)
• Difficulty swallowing
• Hoarse voice

 

🟧 Heart & Circulation Symptoms


🟧 Breathing Symptoms

 

🟧 Digestive Symptoms

• Abdominal pain
• Constipation
• Vomiting
• Diarrhea
• Heartburn 
• Bloating
• Nausea
• Blood in stool
• Black or tarry stool
• Difficulty swallowing
 

🟧 Muscle, Joint & Nerve Symptoms

• Leg pain
• Leg pain when walking
• Tingling and numbness
• Leg cramps
• Restless legs
• Back pain
• Neck pain
• Muscle pain
• Muscle weakness


🟧 Urinary Symptoms

• Urine leakage in Women 
• Pee when I cough or laugh
• Frequent urination
• Burning during urination
• Waking up often to pee at night
• Dark urine
• Blood in urine
• Urine leakage after childbirth


🟧 Women’s & Pelvic Symptoms

• Spotting between periods
• Heavy periods
• Missed or irregular periods
• Vaginal itching
• Vaginal discharge
• Nipple discharge
• Breast swelling
• Breast lump
• Pelvic pain during pregnancy
• Pain during sex
• Sudden severe pelvic pain


🟧 Hormone & Body-Change Symptoms

• Weight changes and hormones
• Excess facial hair in women
• Big legs vs upper body


🟧 Children’s Symptoms

• Poor appetite in children
• Weight loss in children
• Skin rash in children


🟧 Skin Symptoms

• Skin infection
• Itchy skin
• Unexplained skin lump
• Skin colour changes
• Unexplained bruising


🟧 Sleep Symptoms