Symptoms
How to keep a symptom diary your doctor can use, and rate pain and other symptoms on standard scales.
Why patients' own reports catch symptoms clinicians miss, the five-level severity scale from the US National Cancer Institute's PRO-CTCAE, and what to record so a diary answers a doctor's questions.
November 4, 2026 · 2 min read
How the 0 to 10 numeric rating scale works, how to anchor your ratings so they're consistent, what size of change matters, and how to keep a pain record your doctor can use.
November 4, 2026 · 3 min read
The seven stool types from hard lumps to liquid, what each says about how fast food moves through your gut, how Rome IV uses them for constipation and diarrhoea, and what to log in a bowel diary.
November 4, 2026 · 3 min read