What are the symptoms of end-of-life?
Patients at the end of life experience many of the same symptoms and syndromes, regardless of their underlying medical condition. Pain is the most obvious example, but others are difficult breathing (dyspnea), transient episodes of confusion and loss of concentration (cognitive disturbances and delirium), loss of appetite and muscle wasting (cachexia), as well as nausea, fatigue, and depression. “It hath often been said, that it is not death, but dying which is terrible.” Henry Fielding, Amelia, 1751 Back to the top Copyright 2003 alt.support.cancer newsgroup. All rights reserved under both Pan American and international copyright conventions. No reproduction of any part may be made without the prior written consent of the copyright holder.
