A-Z Common Symptom Answer Guide

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Wasson, John H, - Walsh, Timothy B. - LaBrecque, Mary C. - Sox, Harold C. - Pantell, Robert - Oransky, Ivan | «A-Z Common Symptom Answer Guide» | McGraw-Hill | PDF | 2004 | ISBN: 0071416188 | N/A Pages | 2.48 MB

Your family’s first line of defense!

Provides expert medical advice on more than 100 common signs, symptoms, and problem areas—A-Z Common Symptom Answer Guide is a wonderful addition to your medical reference library!

Can you describe what your symptoms look and feel like—but not know what they mean? Written by an experienced team of physicians and nurses, this handy guide answers your questions before you go to the doctor.

A-Z Common Symptom Answer Guide gives you—
-A toolkit for matching your signs and symptoms to possible causes
-A renowned medical team’s advice on symptoms from allergies to vomiting blood to irritability in children
-Expert tips on relieving symptoms and helping yourself heal
-What to avoid and what could make your condition worse
-The questions your doctor will ask
-Alphabetical listing of common symptoms for easy reference
-A glossary of medical terms you may not know


Contents

Abdominal pain (adult)
Abdominal pain (pediatric)
Abortion
Abrasion-laceration
Abscess
Abuse
Adolescent puberty problems
AIDS
Alcoholism
Allergies
Anemia
Angina
Anorexia
Anus Problems
Asthma
Back pain
Bed-wetting
Behavior-irritability (pediatric)
Birth Control
Blackout spells (syncope)
Blood in stools
Breast problems
Breathing trouble (adult)
Breathing trouble (pediatric)
Bruising-bleeding tendency
Burns
Chest pain
Confusion
Constipation (adult)
Constipation (pediatric)
Convulsions
Cough
Coughing blood (hemoptysis)
Cramps (menstrual)
Cyanosis
Dark urine
Depression-anxiety
Diabetes
Diaper rash (pediatric)
Diaper staining (pediatric)
Diarrhea, acute
Diarrhea, chronic or recurrent
Difficulty swallowing (dysphagia)
Discharge, vagina
Dizziness-vertigo
Double vision (diplopia)
Ear problems (tinnitus, decreased hearing, ear discomfort)
Eating, excessive
Excessive drinking-excessive urination (polydipsia-polyuria)
Eye problems
Facial pain
Fever
Foot/ankle pain
Frostbite
Gait-coordination problems
Hair change
Hand/wrist/arm problems
Headache
Head injury
Heatstroke (heat prostration)
Hernia, inguinal
Hiccough
Hoarseness
Hyperactivity (pediatric)
Hypertension
Indigestion (bloating)
Infertility
Jaundice
Joint-extremity pain
Lethargy
Lump-lymphadenopathy
Mouth trouble
Muscle weakness
Nail problems
Nausea-vomiting (adult)
Nausea-vomiting (pediatric)
Neck pain
Nose-sinus trouble
Numbness
Obesity
Overdose-poisoning
Palpitations (heart pounding)
Pigment change
Pregnant
Retardation (pediatric)
Sexual problems
Sick frequently (pediatric)
Skin problems
Sleep problems
Small baby
Stones-gallstones
Stroke
Suicidal thoughts
Swelling
Talking trouble
Thyroid trouble
Trauma
Tremor
Tuberculosis
Twitching
Ulcer, gastric or duodenal
Ulcer, leg
Unconscious-stupor
Upper respiratory infection (URI)
Urine troubles
Vaginal bleeding problems