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What is Pathognomonic Symptoms ?

Definition :-

The pathognomonic symptoms are the common symptoms of the disease on which diagnosis can be made. According to Kent these are symptoms related to the diagnosis of a disease condition.

Example :-

Appearance of rashes on the skin on the fourth day of fever with dry cough and coryza are the pathognomonic symptoms of measles.

Importance :-

(i) They are the basis of diagnosis of disease and hence very important to allopathic physicians for treatment.

(ii) In homoeopathy, they have least value in the selection of a homoeopathic remedy. But these symptoms, when qualified, become important in the selection of a curative rem-edy. They can also help in estimating the curability of a case and in palliative tr.eatment.

(iii) They may help in the general management of a case, in understanding its prognosis etc. 

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