Tenderness (medicine)

In medicine, tenderness is pain or discomfort when an affected area is touched.

Rebound tenderness is an indication of peritonitis.

Symptoms and signs: general / constitutional (R50–R61, 780.6–780.9)
Temperature heat: Fever (Fever of unknown origin, Drug-induced fever, Postoperative fever) • Hyperhidrosis (e.g., Sleep Hyperhidrosis; "Sweating") • Hyperpyrexia • Hyperthermia cold: Chills
Aches/Pains Headache • Chronic pain • Cancer pain
Malaise and fatigue Atrophy (e.g., Muscle Atrophy) • Debility (or Asthenia) • Lassitude • Lethargy • Muscle tremors • Tenderness
Miscellaneous Flu-Like Symptoms


Famous quotes containing the word tenderness:

    “Vanity is as ill at ease under indifference as tenderness is under a love which it cannot return.”
    —George Eliot [Mary Ann (or Marian)