Concomitant

[ChristineL]

Hello - I learned about concomitant symptoms in the course you held last year - I noticed a pattern in Koby - on the days when he had diarrheas, he also had frequent coughing fits on the same days. Would these be "concomitant" symptoms?

 

[Dr. Jeff]

It depends Christine.

How frequently does he have coughing fits unrelated to diarrhea?

Does he have the diarrhea and the fit at the same time (concomitantly)?

This rubric may apply:

COUGH - DIARRHEA - during: (5) Cham. Merc. Puls. Sulph. verb.

 

[ChristineL]

It depends Christine.

How frequently does he have coughing fits unrelated to diarrhea?

Does he have the diarrhea and the fit at the same time (concomitantly)?

This rubric may apply:

COUGH - DIARRHEA - during: (5) Cham. Merc. Puls. Sulph. verb.

He does have coughing fits unrelated to diarrhea often but when the coughing fits are really bad, he would have diarrhea, 90% of the time. Hope that makes sense.

 

[Dr. Jeff]

So 90% of the time if he has a bad coughing he has diarrhea simultaneously?

If so, then yes, these are concomitant symptoms.

If not, no.

 

[Dr. Christina]

wonderful to make the connection, Christine.
and even if not concomitant, they are both valuable symptoms
Dr. Christina

 

[ChristineL]

So 90% of the time if he has a bad coughing fir he has diarrhea at the same time?

If so, then yes, these are concomitant symptoms.

If not, no.

Oh I see! In his case, they're not concomitant symptoms then because it's not 90% of the time .

 

[Dr. Jeff]

And because they don't occur at the same time.

 

[ChristineL]

@Dr. Jeff - however, if you look at it from Diarrhea -> Coughing (instead of Coughing -> Diarrhea) then it's 100% of the time. So is it concomitant?

 

[Dr. Jeff]

Cough from diarrhea? I thought it was the reverse, sorry.?

 

[ChristineL]

Cough from diarrhea? I thought it was the reverse, sorry.?

It's okay!