Prodrome

The prodrome (plural prodromal symptoms, occasionally also Prodroma; prodromus Latin, from Greek πρόδρομος Pródromos " precursor " ) is a preceding symptom of a disease. It is for the actual disease mostly not significant. Several longer-lasting prodromal symptoms that constitute the early or preliminary stages of disease, constitute the prodromal stage. For example, go many infectious diseases nonspecific symptoms such as malaise, general weakness, headache, nausea, etc. ahead. The diagnosis can be made ​​of the prodromal symptoms usually only arise if there is groundbreaking anamnestic information.

In epilepsy, the specific and recognizable from individual patients in case of recurrence aura is indistinguishable from the general prodromal symptoms that are usually associated with a feeling of unrest.

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