Symptoms
From the app’s English Help & Guide · Reference release 1.0.33
Symptoms are the main things you track in Tended. Add the symptoms that matter to you, then rate each one from 1–10 when it appears in a journal entry.
Logging symptoms
In the entry editor, tap Symptoms and choose what you experienced that day. Each selected symptom can have its own severity. Use the same 1–10 scale consistently: lower numbers for mild background symptoms, higher numbers for symptoms that dominate the day.
Symptom details
Some symptoms need more context than severity alone. In Manage Symptoms, open a symptom and add optional Symptom details such as location, pattern, duration, triggers, or any custom field that helps you describe that symptom. When you log the symptom, tap its name or chevron to expand it and fill in those details. Symptoms still keep their normal severity score, so simple symptoms stay simple while important symptoms can hold more clinical context.
Condition starter symptoms
When you add conditions during onboarding or in My Conditions, Tended can create condition starter symptoms for common experiences linked to those conditions. Treat them as a starting point: keep what fits, rename anything that uses different wording, and archive what you do not use.
Managing your list
Open More › Tracking › Manage Symptoms to add, rename, change icons, link symptoms to conditions, archive symptoms, or delete symptoms. To delete a symptom, open it and tap the trash button in the edit toolbar, then confirm. Archiving hides a symptom from future entry pickers while keeping historical entries intact.
Deleting symptoms
If a symptom appears in historical entries, deleting it removes it from your active symptom list but historical entries keep the symptom name so your past journal still makes sense. Archive first if you are unsure; archived symptoms can be restored later.
How symptoms are used
Symptom names, severity, and any Symptom details you log feed your Insights, symptom correlations, trends, Doctor Mode, health reports, and discussion notes. More consistent severity logging makes it easier to see whether a symptom is improving, worsening, or linked to foods, activities, medications, weather, cycle phase, or other factors.
Record a symptom
Save a symptom with its severity and useful context.
If a field you want is hidden, enable it in More > Tracking. Only turn on what you want to use.
A neutral body silhouette beside five coloured severity tokens.
Record a symptom: steps
- Check the date The guide opens a new journal entry. Check its date and time before adding details. You can also use this guide while editing an existing entry.
- Choose the symptom Open Symptoms and select the symptom you experienced. Search your list or add a label if it is missing.
- Check the severity Set its severity and review any optional details. Choose Done to return to the entry. A day rating and symptom severity describe different things.
- Save your entry Return to the entry and tap Save. Wait for it to close. The guide completes only after the relevant new or changed detail is saved.
Record a symptom · Fictional example
For illustration only. Nothing here changes your app records.
These fictional details explain the guide; they are not suggested values for your records.
- Symptom
Headache
A label identifies what happened; the severity describes how strong it felt.
- Context
Started after lunch
Timing can help you describe the experience later without claiming a cause.
Record a symptom: troubleshooting
If the guide has not finished, check that you changed the relevant field and saved the entry. Simply reopening an existing value does not count. If Save fails, keep the draft open and use Try Again.