Question

A child is suffering from fever but the doctor cannot immediately pinpoint the ailment
on the basis of this one symptom. Explain why. Also mention another two such
general symptoms.

Answer 1

Answer:

Because in most of the diseases fever is most common symptom. so to identify the diseases we have to find more symptoms related with it.

Answer 2

The doctor cannot immediately pinpoint the ailment on the basis of this one symptom because fever is a general symptom of illness.

• When a person is infected by a pathogen or suffers from any disease, their body starts showing symptoms of this disease.
• The symptoms are indications that our body is not fully functional.
• Some symptoms are specific while others are general.
• Fever, weakness, and loss of appetite are some general symptoms. Doctors need to look for specific symptoms to pinpoint the ailment.
• The occurrence of ever after every 24 hours is specific to malaria. This is an example of a specific symptom.