The phrase "as initial symptoms" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when describing the early signs or indicators of a condition or disease.
Example: "Patients may experience fatigue and headaches as initial symptoms of the illness."
Alternatives: "as early signs" or "as preliminary symptoms".
Teachers and parents are being told to be especially vigilant as initial symptoms can be indistinguishable from normal childhood illnesses.
This case is unique because there has been only one reported duodenal ulcer perforation patient to present with hypoxia and dyspnea as initial symptoms [1].
15, 21 Diagnostic difficulties during labour are obvious as initial symptoms of hyponatraemic encephalopathy are nonspecific and may easily be confused with symptoms of pre-eclampsia.
As initial symptoms most often are nonspecific, diagnosis is challenging and screening methods need to be employed on wide indications in order to detect patients at early disease stages.
The first self-reported symptoms of TB are described in table 1, which comprises all symptoms mentioned by patients as initial symptoms of their current illness; no attempt was made to differentiate which symptom was the first.
A dichotomous variable was generated to categorize cases according to their initial symptoms and disease history, which were classified as either bulbar onset (difficulties in facial function or swallowing as an initial symptom) or spinal onset (voluntary muscle fatigue as initial symptoms).
There is no significant difference of the presence of headaches as initial symptom according to sex.
Group A patients could be easily recognised from infancy by psychomotor delay occurring as initial symptom before 2 yrs.
Majority of FES patient had fracture femur and presented with respiratory distress as initial symptom.
In 2014, a Lancet editorial made the case for routine childhood MenB vaccination (with no reference to age) based on two main arguments: its high morbidity and mortality, and the fact that it is difficult to diagnose in time to save children, as its initial symptoms are similar to common and relatively benign viral infections.
The younger patients typically have seizures or any of several psychomotor delays as their initial symptoms, with forebrain predominance to their lesions.
