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A-Z Common Symptom Answer Guide

ISBN10: 0071442200 | ISBN13: 9780071442206

A-Z Common Symptom Answer Guide
ISBN10: 0071442200
ISBN13: 9780071442206
By John Wasson, Timothy Walsh, Mary LaBrecque, Harold Sox, Robert Pantell and Ivan Oransky

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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

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

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