| Malaise | |
|---|---|
| Other names | Discomfort, uneasiness |
| Pronunciation | |
| Specialty | Family medicine, Internal medicine, Pediatrics, Geriatrics, Psychiatry, Clinical psychology |
| Symptoms | Feeling of uneasiness or discomfort |
| Diagnostic method | Based on symptoms |
| Differential diagnosis | Pain, anxiety, depression |
In medicine, malaise is a feeling of general discomfort, uneasiness or lack of wellbeing and often the first sign of an infection or other disease.[1] The word has existed in French since at least the 12th century.
The term is often used figuratively in other contexts, in addition to its meaning as a general state of angst or melancholia.