In the 'Symptoms - Skeletal' section of our in-depth questionnaire we ask the following question about diffuse bone pain:
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Do you suffer from diffuse bone pain? In other words, do you have pain in your bones that is impossible to pinpoint? Do not include pain that is due to a known injury.
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Your answer |
...indicates |
...and suggests |
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"Pain is due to an injury / don't know" |
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"No" |
Not having diffuse bone pain |
A symptom |
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"Slight, not always noticeable" |
Diffuse bone pain |
A symptom |
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"Significant or always noticeable" |
Diffuse bone pain |
A symptom |
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"Severe" |
Severe diffuse bone pain |
A symptom |
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Your answer will affect the likelihoods of the conditions below.
Any answers in green reduce the likelihood of the condition.
GLOSSARY
Cancer
Refers to the various types of malignant neoplasms that contain cells growing out of control and invading adjacent tissues, which may metastasize to distant tissues.
Tumor (Tumors, Tumour, Tumours)
An abnormal growth of tissue resulting from uncontrolled, progressive multiplication of cells and serving no physiological function; a neoplasm. Literally, a swelling; in the past the term has been used in reference to any swelling of the body, no matter what the cause. However, the word is now being used almost exclusively to refer to a neoplastic mass, and the more general usage is being discarded.
Last updated: Feb 28, 2008
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