MedicalSignOrSymptom

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Any feature associated or not with a medical condition. In medicine a symptom is generally subjective while a sign is objective.

Parent types

MedicalCondition

Properties

Properties for MedicalSignOrSymptom

Property	Expected type	Defined on	Description
possibleTreatment	Drug, DrugClass, LifestyleModification, MedicalTherapy	MedicalSignOrSymptom	A possible treatment to address this condition, sign or symptom.

Inherited properties

Property	Expected type	Inherited from	Description
additionalType	Text, URL	Thing	An additional type for the item, typically used for adding more specific types from external vocabularies in microdata syntax. This is a relationship between something and a class that the thing is in. Typically the value is a URI-identified RDF class, and in this case corresponds to the use of rdf:type in RDF. Text values can be used sparingly, for cases where useful information can be added without their being an appropriate schema to reference. In the case of text values, the class label should follow the schema.org style guide.
alternateName	Text	Thing	An alias for the item.
associatedAnatomy	AnatomicalStructure, AnatomicalSystem, SuperficialAnatomy	MedicalCondition	The anatomy of the underlying organ system or structures associated with this entity.
cause	MedicalCause	MedicalCondition	The cause of a medical condition.
code	MedicalCode	MedicalEntity	A medical code for the entity, taken from a controlled vocabulary or ontology such as ICD-9, DiseasesDB, MeSH, SNOMED-CT, RxNorm, etc.
description	Text, TextObject	Thing	A description of the item.
differentialDiagnosis	DDxElement	MedicalCondition	One of a set of differential diagnoses for the condition. Specifically, a closely-related or competing diagnosis typically considered later in the cognitive process whereby this medical condition is distinguished from others most likely responsible for a similar collection of signs and symptoms to reach the most parsimonious diagnosis or diagnoses in a patient.
disambiguatingDescription	Text	Thing	A sub property of description. A short description of the item used to disambiguate from other, similar items. Information from other properties (in particular, name) may be necessary for the description to be useful for disambiguation.
drug	Drug	MedicalCondition	Specifying a drug or medicine used in a medication procedure.
epidemiology	Text	MedicalCondition	The characteristics of associated patients, such as age, gender, race etc.
expectedPrognosis	Text	MedicalCondition	The likely outcome in either the short term or long term of the medical condition.
funding	Grant	MedicalEntity	A Grant that directly or indirectly provide funding or sponsorship for this item. See also ownershipFundingInfo.
guideline	MedicalGuideline	MedicalEntity	A medical guideline related to this entity.
identifier	PropertyValue, Text, URL	Thing	The identifier property represents any kind of identifier for any kind of Thing, such as ISBNs, GTIN codes, UUIDs etc. Schema.org provides dedicated properties for representing many of these, either as textual strings or as URL (URI) links. See background notes for more details.
image	ImageObject, URL	Thing	An image of the item. This can be a URL or a fully described ImageObject.
legalStatus	DrugLegalStatus, MedicalEnumeration, Text	MedicalEntity	The drug or supplement's legal status, including any controlled substance schedules that apply.
mainEntityOfPage	CreativeWork, URL	Thing	Indicates a page (or other CreativeWork) for which this thing is the main entity being described. See background notes for details.
medicineSystem	MedicineSystem	MedicalEntity	The system of medicine that includes this MedicalEntity, for example 'evidence-based', 'homeopathic', 'chiropractic', etc.
name	Text	Thing	The name of the item.
naturalProgression	Text	MedicalCondition	The expected progression of the condition if it is not treated and allowed to progress naturally.
owner	Organization, Person	Thing	A person or organization who owns this Thing.
pathophysiology	Text	MedicalCondition	Changes in the normal mechanical, physical, and biochemical functions that are associated with this activity or condition.
possibleComplication	Text	MedicalCondition	A possible unexpected and unfavorable evolution of a medical condition. Complications may include worsening of the signs or symptoms of the disease, extension of the condition to other organ systems, etc.
potentialAction	Action	Thing	Indicates a potential Action, which describes an idealized action in which this thing would play an 'object' role.
primaryPrevention	MedicalTherapy	MedicalCondition	A preventative therapy used to prevent an initial occurrence of the medical condition, such as vaccination.
recognizingAuthority	Organization	MedicalEntity	If applicable, the organization that officially recognizes this entity as part of its endorsed system of medicine.
relevantSpecialty	MedicalSpecialty	MedicalEntity	If applicable, a medical specialty in which this entity is relevant.
riskFactor	MedicalRiskFactor	MedicalCondition	A modifiable or non-modifiable factor that increases the risk of a patient contracting this condition, e.g. age, coexisting condition.
sameAs	URL	Thing	URL of a reference Web page that unambiguously indicates the item's identity. E.g. the URL of the item's Wikipedia page, Wikidata entry, or official website.
secondaryPrevention	Drug, DrugClass, LifestyleModification, MedicalTherapy	MedicalCondition	A preventative therapy used to prevent reoccurrence of the medical condition after an initial episode of the condition.
signOrSymptom	MedicalSignOrSymptom	MedicalCondition	A sign or symptom of this condition. Signs are objective or physically observable manifestations of the medical condition while symptoms are the subjective experience of the medical condition.
stage	MedicalConditionStage	MedicalCondition	The stage of the condition, if applicable.
status	EventStatusType, MedicalStudyStatus, Text	MedicalCondition	The status of the study (enumerated).
study	MedicalStudy	MedicalEntity	A medical study or trial related to this entity.
subjectOf	CreativeWork, Event	Thing	A CreativeWork or Event about this Thing.
typicalTest	MedicalTest	MedicalCondition	A medical test typically performed given this condition.
url	URL	Thing	URL of the item.

Sub-types

MedicalSign, MedicalSymptom

Example

{
  "@context": "https://schema.org",
  "@type": "MedicalSignOrSymptom",
  "name": "Example Name",
  "description": "A short description.",
  "url": "/example",
  "possibleTreatment": "Example value"
}