Whether it's a symptom you have been ignoring for a while or something like a sudden pain after a fall, this ebook tells you what it could be and what action to take.
Check out any health problem and discover what it might be and what you should do. A series of head-to-toe visual diagnostic guides help you identify suspected conditions or injuries. Once you've narrowed it down, a cross-reference takes you to easy-to-follow descriptions of the condition at the back of the ebook. Potentially life-threatening situations and ailments that need urgent medical advice are clearly flagged. Fully illustrated throughout, Medical Symptoms Visual Guide is an invaluable reference.
Author(s): DK
Edition: 2
Publisher: DK
Year: 2022
CONTENTS
HOW TO USE THIS BOOK
PART 1 WHOLE-BODY SYMPTOM GUIDE
DIZZINESS AND FAINTING
SEIZURES
GENERAL PAIN
MOBILITY
NAUSEA AND VOMITING
FATIGUE
FEVER
WEIGHT GAIN
WEIGHT LOSS
SKIN RASHES
SKIN MOLES AND DISCOLOURATION
SKIN LUMPS AND BUMPS
MOOD CHANGES
BEHAVIOUR PROBLEMS
MEMORY AND CONFUSION
SLEEPING PROBLEMS
PART 2 HEAD-TO-TOE SYMPTOM GUIDE
HEAD FRONT
HEAD SIDE
HAIR AND SCALP
FACE
EYE PHYSICAL
EYE VISION
EAR PHYSICAL
EAR HEARING
NOSE
MOUTH
THROAT
THROAT VOICE
NECK
SHOULDER FRONT
SHOULDER BACK
UPPER ARM
ELBOW
FOREARM AND WRIST
HAND BACK
HAND PALM
CHEST UPPER
CHEST CENTRAL
CHEST SIDE
BREAST
UPPER BACK
ABDOMEN GENERAL
UPPER ABDOMEN
LOWER BACK
LOWER ABDOMEN LEFT
LOWER ABDOMEN RIGHT
FEMALE PELVIS
GROIN MALE AND FEMALE
URINARY PROBLEMS FEMALE
FEMALE GENITALS
URINARY PROBLEMS MALE
MALE GENITALS
BUTTOCKS AND ANUS
BOWELS DIARRHOEA
BOWELS CONSTIPATION
BOWELS ABNORMAL FAECES
HIP FRONT
HIP BACK
THIGH FRONT
THIGH BACK
KNEE FRONT
KNEE BACK
LOWER LEG FRONT
LOWER LEG BACK
ANKLE
FOOT GENERAL
FOOT UPPER
FOOT UNDERSIDE
PART 3 DIRECTORY OF CONDITIONS
MUSCULOSKELETAL
NERVOUS
EAR AND EYE
CARDIOVASCULAR
BLOOD, LYMPHATIC, AND IMMUNE
RESPIRATORY
DIGESTIVE
URINARY AND REPRODUCTIVE
ENDOCRINE AND METABOLIC
SKIN, HAIR, AND NAILS
INFECTIONS AND INFESTATIONS
POISONING AND ENVIRONMENTAL
MENTAL HEALTH
GLOSSARY
INDEX
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
