Symptom checker
How to get started
- Begin by entering symptoms that best describe your current condition. 
- Symptoms can be entered in your own words or chosen from the list of matching suggestions; select the most appropriate. 
- If no suggestions appear, double-check your spelling or use different words to describe your symptoms. 
- Submitting a symptom leads to a page that displays a list of potential conditions, which can be accessed by tapping or clicking on them to get information. 
Best practices
- Use medical language as much as possible when entering symptoms. For example, "abdominal pain" is better than "belly hurts". 
- Start with entering the area of the body affected, then the symptom. For example, "abdominal pain" instead of "pain in abdomen". 
- Use text, not numbers. For example, enter "high blood pressure" instead of "BP 150/90". 
- Enter only abnormal test results, for example "low iron". Do not enter tests that you have been told are normal. 
- If you have recently travelled abroad, you may be affected by a disease more common in that country. In this case, select the country where you were travelling.