Acute
Sudden, short lasting a short time (typically less than 2 weeks)
Aggravating Factor
Something which makes the problem worse
Aleviating Factor
Something which makes the problem better
Chronic
Lasting a long time (typically more than 2 weeks)
Complaint
Reason for the patient’s visit
Duration
How long something has lasted
Gastrointestinal
Stomach and intestines
Hematochezia
Blood in the stool
History
What has happened to the patient up to this moment
Musculoskeletal
Muscles and skeleton
Radiating
Pain that feels like it is moving from one spot to another
Severity
How bad it is
Symptom
what the patient feels or is experiencing
Temporal
Having to do with time