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Checklist: Body and Skin Symptoms
Print these symptoms to take to your doctor to help with your diagnosis. Check off each day that you have observed this symptom. Rank symptoms on a scale of 1 (present, but not bad), 2 (fair), 3 (bad) and 4 (unbearable!). Also helpful to take are any past medical records; pictures of yourself when you were thinner, had more hair, no straie, etc.
Note: Not every patient has every symptom. Do not attempt to diagnose yourself.
This list is a partial checklist of frequently-noticed symptoms. Carefully filling out this checklist and taking it to your medical personnel can be an important first step in getting appropriate testing and the proper medical diagnosis. Please show this to your qualified medical personnel.
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Name: __________________________________
Doctor's Name____________________________
Today's Date: ____________________________
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Possible Symptoms |
First Noticed |
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Fatness of the face, sometimes called "moonface"*, neck and trunk C |
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*Moonface (not just a round face, but extra fullness at the sides of the face beginning at the top of the ears that eventually swells up. Earlobes cannot be seen looking straight on. C |
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Facial plethora C |
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Unexplained weight gain C, CFS, IBS, P, PR, T |
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Sudden weight gain C |
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Weight gain in upper body, abdomen C, PCOS |
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Accumulation of fat under the skin, but also in the abdomen (visceral fat) GH- |
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Accumulation of body fat EC |
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Weight gain. (often around the waist and thighs, resulting in "disappearing waistline" & changes in body shape.) C |
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ObesityCR |
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"Buffalo hump", a fat accumulation over the upper back and trunk C |
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A roll of fat where the neck and shoulder meet. C |
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Sub-clavical fat pads. C |
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Thinning arms and legs |
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Weight loss |
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Ruddy complexion with purple markings C |
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Pink or purple stretch on the abdomen, thighs, buttocks, arms and breasts (striae) C |
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Violaceous striae wider than 1 cm C |
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Diminished resistance to infections C |
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Easy bruising, poor healing after cuts and bruises C |
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Acne C, P, PM, T |
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Painful skin rash (dermatitis herpetiformis) IBS |
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Skin rashes, especially "butterfly rash" on the nose and cheeks |
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Multiple skin tags A |
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Hyperpigmentation or dark tanning AD, AN |
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Sun sensitivity L |
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Oily skin A |
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Fragile, thin skinC |
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Soft tissue thickening (flesh) palms of hands and soles of feet A |
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Skin thickening |
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Skin ulcers on the fingers |
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Itchy, crawly skin (feeling of ants crawling under the skin, not just |
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Coarse facial featuresA |
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Excessive sweating A |
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Sweating and hot flashes PM, T |
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Changes in body odor PM |
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Below normal temperature C |
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Increased sensitivity to cold C |
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Feeling cold when others feel hot C, T |
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Low body temperature C, T |
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Feeling hot when others feel cold PM, T |
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Elevated fever, higher body temperature IBS, L, T |
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Hot flashes, flushes, night sweats and/or cold flashes, clammy feeling PM |
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Other Symptoms You Have... |
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Comments: | ||||||||
Possibility of |
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A |
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AD |
Addison's Disease (Adrenal insufficiency) |
AN |
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CFS |
Chronic Fatigue Syndrome |
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CSR |
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GH |
Growth Hormone |
GH- |
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GH+ |
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IBS |
Irritable Bowel Syndrome (Celiac Disease/Gluten Intolerance) |
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Lupus |
MS |
Multiple Sclerosis |
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PCOS (Stein Leventhal Syndrome) |
PM |
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PR |
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RA |
Rheumatoid Arthritis |
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