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. 2019 Feb 20;21(2):e12783. doi: 10.2196/12783

Table 3.

Exceptions for symptom labels.

Symptom Expressions with suspicion Just a symptom word Exceptions
Regarded as symptom Not regarded as symptom
Cold Accept Accept a
Cough Accept Accept Alcohol drinking and pungently flavored food
Diarrhea Accept Accept Overeating, indigestion, alcohol drinking, medication, and pungently flavored food
Fever Accept Only slight fever Hay fever and side effect due to any injection
Hay fever Accept Accept
Headache Accept Accept Due to a sense of sight or smell
Flu Not accept Not accept
Runny nose Accept Not accept Hay fever Change in temperature

aIndicates there are no exceptions.