Tenderness (medicine)

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In medicine, tenderness is pain or discomfort when an affected area is touched.

Rebound tenderness is an indication of peritonitis.

v t e Symptoms and signs: general / constitutional (R50–R61, 780.6–780.9)

Temperature	heat: Fever (Fever of unknown origin, Drug-induced fever, Postoperative fever) • Hyperhidrosis (e.g., Sleep Hyperhidrosis; "Sweating") • Hyperpyrexia • Hyperthermia cold: Chills

Aches/Pains	Headache • Chronic pain • Cancer pain

Malaise and fatigue	Atrophy (e.g., Muscle Atrophy) • Debility (or Asthenia) • Lassitude • Lethargy • Muscle tremors • Tenderness

Miscellaneous	Flu-Like Symptoms

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