Question

Sarath complained of stomach pain when he came back from school. His mother took him to doctor in the evening. After the tests, he found the presence of blood cells in the urine. In this case, stomach pain is an example of ________ and presence of blood cells in urine is an example of_________.

• A. sign, complaint
• B. detection, symptom
• C. sign, symptom
• D. symptom, sign

Answer 1

The correct option is D symptom, sign

Stomach pain is an example of a symptom because only Sarath can feel it and no one else can. But the presence of blood cells in the urine can be seen by the doctor and anybody else and it can be quantified as well. Therefore, it is an example of a sign. Thus, symptom can be felt only by the patient whereas sign can be seen by everybody, it can be detected by medical devices or tests and it can be quantified as well.