The word ‘untoward’ in a medical setting?

[BrokenBonesStixStones]

Dr ordering tests / scans as symptoms might be untoward ….does it mean Dr might think it’s life threatening or cancer? 😞

It just means it's not normal. Which you know, or they wouldn't be ordering tests in the first place. Try not to dwell on it.

Thank you , I just realised that’s probably what they meant. It’s not me, that’s why I’m panicking even more

In my experience ‘sinister’ is a word sometimes used for v serious suspicions if that helps, I’d interpret untoward as any sort of illness I think.