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the Sleuth Symptom Library
Where parents find and share the nitty-gritty answers for kids’ health and development.
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Cold, Cough & Allergy
- Barking cough
- Breakout or red skin behind knees
- Congestion
- Coughing
- Heavy cough
- High fever
- Hives
- Itching
- Itchy eyes
- Itchy throat
- Open sores on skin
- Puffy eyes
- Rashes (any cause)
- Reaction to antibiotics
- Red bumpy skin or rash
- Red eyes
- Red itchy skin
- Redness around mouth after eating
- Runny nose
- Sneezing
- Sneezing constantly
- Sore throat
- Swelling in the throat
- Swollen eyes
- Swollen face
- Swollen lips
- Swollen tongue
- Watery eyes
Skin
School
Sleep
- Asleep at the desired time at night
- Asleep within 20 minutes of going to bed
- Asleep with rocking or rhythmic movements
- Awake during the night screaming
- Awake twice in the middle of the night
- Early wake-up (earlier than desired)
- Nightmares
- Not wanting to get out of bed
- Relocating to someone else's bed at night
- Resisting bedtime (crying, refusing to stay in bed)
- Restless or moving a lot during sleep
- Sleeping alone in bed
- Sleeping a lot
- Sleep walking
- Snoring
- Snoring loudly at night
Speech Development
- Frustration with difficulty communicating
- Incorrect pronunciation or articulation
- Limited vocabulary at 2 years old
- Limited vocabulary at 3 years old
- Limited vocabulary at 5 years old
- Limited vocabulary at 7 years old
- Making noises rather than using words
- Mumbling
- Not mimicking or imitating sounds
- Not responding to communication
- Not talking until 3 years old
- Pointing instead of talking
- Prefers hand gestures instead of talking
- Speaking no words at 18 months old
- Stuttering
General Health
- Abdominal pain
- Active
- Alert
- Attentive
- Back pain
- Bad posture
- Bloody stool
- Chest pain
- Chills or shivering
- Clicking hip joint
- Convulsions
- Crossed eyes
- Dehydration
- Determined
- Dizziness
- Drooling
- Earaches
- Easily out of breath
- Excessive thirst
- Fast or racing heartbeat
- Fever
- Floppy muscles or low muscle tone (hypotonia)
- Frequent infections
- Gasping for air
- Generally sick
- Hair loss
- Hard or heavy breathing
- Headaches
- Heart murmur
- High blood pressure
- Hot or overheated
- Irregular heartbeat
- Light-colored patches of skin
- Limping
- Migraine headache(s)
- Passing out
- Physical pain
- Rapid breathing
- Red skin
- Restless leg syndrome
- Seeing auras
- Seizures
- Sensitivity to texture, touch, or physical sensations
- Shaking
- Shortness of breath
- Shortness of breath or trouble breathing
- Spasms
- Stiffness
- Sweating
- Swelling (anywhere on body)
- Swollen feet
- Swollen hands
- Thirstiness
- Tics
- Tight neck muscles
- Tightness in the chest
- Tiredness
- Titled head
- Twitching
- Uneven gait (walking style)
- Visual impairment
- Wandering or drifting eye
- Weakness (physical)
- Wheezing
- White eyelashes
- Yellow eyes
- Yellowish skin
Eating, Digestion & Nutrition
- Binge eating
- Bloated stomach
- Chewing/eating non-food items
- Choking
- Constipation
- Diarrhea
- Difficult bowel movement
- Difficulty breastfeeding
- Difficulty swallowing
- Frequent bathroom trips
- Frequent urination
- Gagging on food
- Gas
- Hard stool
- High blood sugar
- Loss or lack of appetite
- Low blood sugar
- Low iron
- Nausea
- Not eating (during meals)
- Not gaining weight
- Overeating
- Picky eating or aversion to foods / food sensations
- Reaction to milk or dairy
- Reflux
- Refusing to eat
- Spitting during feeding or mealtimes
- Spitting up
- Stomach ache(s) or pain
- Upset stomach
- Vomiting
- Vomiting during feeding or mealtimes
- Watery stool
- Weight gain
- Weight loss
Skin Conditions
Learning & Development
- Accidents (pee or poop)
- Babbling
- Bed wetting
- Delayed crawling
- Delayed development of motor skills
- Delayed reading skill
- Delayed speech or language development
- Developmental delays (behind on expected milestones)
- Difficulty crawling
- Difficulty driving a car
- Difficulty following directions
- Difficulty learning
- Difficulty potty training
- Difficulty pronouncing certain letter sounds
- Difficulty reading
- Difficulty recalling information
- Difficulty understanding others' speech
- Difficulty with schoolwork
- Difficulty with self-expression or communicating needs
- Disorganization
- Learning disability
- Limited (or lack of) social skills
- Long pauses in speech
- Mixing up letters or numbers
- Non-verbal (not able to use words)
- Not making eye contact
- Pausing or stuck on certain words
- Regression in speech (loss of vocabulary or fluency)
- Repetitive movement or behavior
- Slow learning pace
- Slow response time
- Slow to start talking
- Trouble chewing
- Trouble forming words
- Trouble sucking
- Unclear speech or communication
- Visible (abnormal) curvature of spine
- Walking on toes (toe walking)
- Writing letters or numbers backwards
Psychology & Behavior
- Absent-mindedness
- Acting out
- Acting out at school
- Acting out during meals
- Aggressive behavior
- Agitation
- Angry behavior
- Anti-social behavior
- Anxiety
- Anxiety in social situations
- Argumentative, defiant, or disobedient behavior
- Avoiding people
- Being irritable
- Bipolar behavior
- Biting (other kids or adults)
- Blank stare
- Blurting out thoughts
- Colic
- Compulsive behavior
- Constantly cleaning
- Constantly moving or restlessness
- Constantly thinking
- Constant worry
- Creativity or imagination
- Crying
- Cutting (self)
- Day dreaming
- Defiant behavior
- Depression
- Detachment
- Difficulty calming down
- Difficulty completing tasks
- Difficulty expressing feelings
- Difficulty focusing or concentrating
- Difficulty identifying others’ emotions
- Difficulty making decisions
- Difficulty multitasking
- Difficulty paying attention
- Difficulty regulating emotions
- Difficulty sitting still ("can't sit still")
- Difficulty socializing
- Difficulty tying shoes
- Discomfort talking to people
- Dislike for crowds
- Dislike for loud noises
- Distractibility (or easily distracted)
- Doesn't like to be touched
- Easily upset
- Echolalia (parroting back words or phrases)
- Emotional behavior or difficulty regulating emotions
- Fatigue, tiredness, or lethargy
- Fear of being alone
- Fear of unfamiliar places
- Feeling helpless or overwhelmed
- Feeling hopeless
- Fidgeting
- Fighting
- Finger, hand, or arm flapping
- Forgetfulness
- Frequent crying
- Fussiness (being fussy)
- Generally upset
- Hair pulling (self, not others)
- Head banging (in a tantrum)
- Head banging (rhythmic, against something)
- Hitting or kicking (other kids or adults)
- Holding food in mouth without eating
- Hyperactivity
- Hyperfocus (ability to have intense focus on something)
- Impulsiveness
- Inattentiveness (or not listening to others)
- Interested
- Interrupting conversations
- Introverted behavior
- Irritability
- Jitteriness or jumpiness
- Keeping alone (keeping to self)
- Lack of emotion
- Lack of interest
- Lack of social skills
- Laziness
- Lethargic
- Lining up, stacking, or organizing objects
- Low energy
- Low motivation
- Low self-esteem / lack of self-confidence
- Mania (manic behavior)
- Misbehaving
- Mood swings
- Nail biting
- Need for routine
- Nervousness
- Not playing with other kids
- Not responding to name
- Not socializing
- Not speaking in social situations
- Not talking
- Obsession, fixation, or strong interest
- Obsessive-compulsive behavior
- Only talking to parents
- Panic
- Panic attacks
- Perfectionism
- Picking at skin
- Quietness
- Racing thoughts
- Refusing to poop
- Refusing to wear clothing
- Rocking body back and forth
- Running away
- Sadness
- Screaming
- Selective mutism (not speaking by choice)
- Self-harm
- Sensation seeking
- Sensitivity to light
- Sensitivity to sound (hyperacusis)
- Sensory processing issues (high or low sensitivity)
- Separation anxiety
- Shaking (from anxiety)
- Short attention span
- Shutting down
- Shyness
- Shyness or social anxiety
- Stimming (behavior)
- Stubborn
- Suicidal thoughts
- Talkativeness
- Tantrums or meltdowns
- Throwing, kicking, or hitting objects (inappropriately)
- Trouble forming sentences
- Trouble sleeping or insomnia
- Trouble winding down
- Trouble writing stories
- Trustworthiness
- Unresponsive (to stimuli)
- Unusual fears or phobias
- Unwillingness to go out
- Unwilling to go out
- Very high energy
- Violent behavior
- Yelling
- Zoning out