MedicalSignOrSymptom

Defined in the health-lifesci.schema.org extension.
Canonical URL: http://schema.org/MedicalSignOrSymptom

Thing > MedicalEntity > MedicalCondition > MedicalSignOrSymptom

Property	Expected Type	Description
Properties from MedicalSignOrSymptom
cause	MedicalCause	Specifying a cause of something in general. e.g in medicine , one of the causative agent(s) that are most directly responsible for the pathophysiologic process that eventually results in the occurrence.
possibleTreatment	MedicalTherapy	A possible treatment to address this condition, sign or symptom.
Properties from MedicalCondition
associatedAnatomy	AnatomicalStructure  or AnatomicalSystem  or SuperficialAnatomy	The anatomy of the underlying organ system or structures associated with this entity.
cause	MedicalCause	Specifying a cause of something in general. e.g in medicine , one of the causative agent(s) that are most directly responsible for the pathophysiologic process that eventually results in the occurrence.
differentialDiagnosis	DDxElement	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.
drug	Drug	Specifying a drug or medicine used in a medication procedure
epidemiology	Text	The characteristics of associated patients, such as age, gender, race etc.
expectedPrognosis	Text	The likely outcome in either the short term or long term of the medical condition.
naturalProgression	Text	The expected progression of the condition if it is not treated and allowed to progress naturally.
pathophysiology	Text	Changes in the normal mechanical, physical, and biochemical functions that are associated with this activity or condition.
possibleComplication	Text	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.
possibleTreatment	MedicalTherapy	A possible treatment to address this condition, sign or symptom.
primaryPrevention	MedicalTherapy	A preventative therapy used to prevent an initial occurrence of the medical condition, such as vaccination.
riskFactor	MedicalRiskFactor	A modifiable or non-modifiable factor that increases the risk of a patient contracting this condition, e.g. age, coexisting condition.
secondaryPrevention	MedicalTherapy	A preventative therapy used to prevent reoccurrence of the medical condition after an initial episode of the condition.
signOrSymptom	MedicalSignOrSymptom	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	The stage of the condition, if applicable.
status	EventStatusType  or MedicalStudyStatus  or Text	The status of the study (enumerated).
subtype	Text	A more specific type of the condition, where applicable, for example 'Type 1 Diabetes', 'Type 2 Diabetes', or 'Gestational Diabetes' for Diabetes.
typicalTest	MedicalTest	A medical test typically performed given this condition.
Properties from MedicalEntity
code	MedicalCode	A medical code for the entity, taken from a controlled vocabulary or ontology such as ICD-9, DiseasesDB, MeSH, SNOMED-CT, RxNorm, etc.
guideline	MedicalGuideline	A medical guideline related to this entity.
legalStatus	DrugLegalStatus  or MedicalEnumeration  or Text	The drug or supplement's legal status, including any controlled substance schedules that apply.
medicineSystem	MedicineSystem	The system of medicine that includes this MedicalEntity, for example 'evidence-based', 'homeopathic', 'chiropractic', etc.
recognizingAuthority	Organization	If applicable, the organization that officially recognizes this entity as part of its endorsed system of medicine.
relevantSpecialty	MedicalSpecialty	If applicable, a medical specialty in which this entity is relevant.
study	MedicalStudy	A medical study or trial related to this entity.
Properties from Thing
additionalType	URL	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. In RDFa syntax, it is better to use the native RDFa syntax - the 'typeof' attribute - for multiple types. Schema.org tools may have only weaker understanding of extra types, in particular those defined externally.
alternateName	Text	An alias for the item.
description	Text	A description of the item.
disambiguatingDescription	Text	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.
image	ImageObject  or URL	An image of the item. This can be a URL or a fully described ImageObject.
mainEntityOfPage	CreativeWork  or URL	Indicates a page (or other CreativeWork) for which this thing is the main entity being described. See background notes for details. Inverse property: mainEntity.
name	Text	The name of the item.
potentialAction	Action	Indicates a potential Action, which describes an idealized action in which this thing would play an 'object' role.
sameAs	URL	URL of a reference Web page that unambiguously indicates the item's identity. E.g. the URL of the item's Wikipedia page, Freebase page, or official website.
url	URL	URL of the item.

Instances of MedicalSignOrSymptom may appear as values for the following properties

Property	On Types	Description
distinguishingSign	DDxElement	One of a set of signs and symptoms that can be used to distinguish this diagnosis from others in the differential diagnosis.
signOrSymptom	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.

More specific Types

• MedicalSign
• MedicalSymptom

Schema Version 3.1