At best it symptomatises underlying disorders: frictions of modernisation, inequalities of wealth, new security threats, weak international institutions, rising unilateralism.
Chronic cough is one of the most challenging symptoms to diagnose and treat, not only because of the variety of underlying disorders but also its varying susceptibility to treatments.
It occurs more frequently in older people and may be associated with underlying disorders, such as tuberculosis or rheumatoid arthritis.
Instead, when possible, home-, fandly- and community-based care that addresses the underlying disorders should be used.
Federal health officials reported Thursday that at least 36 children in the United States had died of swine flu as of Aug. 8, including many who had underlying disorders of the nervous system.
Treatment of symptomatic exophthalmos is directed at correcting any underlying disorders (e.g., hyperthyroidism), as well as providing lubrication of the eye surface, if necessary.
The disease may be primary (in which case the cause is unknown), or secondary (caused by underlying disorders of the nervous system, blood, or vascular system).
Stabbing headache has been reported as a symptom of many underlying disorders.
The burdens arising from secondary headaches are, in the majority of cases, more correctly attributed to the underlying disorders.
Furthermore, participants cannot be grouped on the basis of surface symptoms because these may reflect different underlying disorders.
