Diagnosing Your Health Symptoms For Dummies (eBook)
420 Seiten
John Wiley & Sons (Verlag)
978-0-470-66470-4 (ISBN)
and sound advice, Diagnosing Your Health Symptoms For
Dummies is a reference for everyone who wants to find out when
they do and don't need to worry about their health. It will cover
over 100 common, important, potentially serious and often worrying
symptoms and emergencies, such as headaches, chest pain, dizziness,
fever, bleeding, tiredness or stress. This reassuring guide will
also include guidance on how to perform basic physical assessments,
as well as a run through of key first aid techniques. Perfect
for both allaying fears and encouraging those with serious symptoms
to seek professional advice, this guide will be an essential family
health bible.
Diagnosing Your Health Symptoms FD includes:
Part I: Spotting and Assessing Illness: The Basics
Chapter 1: Thinking about Medicine
Chapter 2: Dealing with Medical Problems
Chapter 3: Conducting a Symptom Check
Chapter 4: Looking for Out For Signs of Illness
Part II: Looking at Emergencies and 'All-Over'
Symptoms
Chapter 5: Coping with Medical Emergencies
Chapter 6: Approaching Non-Specific Symptoms
Chapter 7: Symptoms Affecting the Wider Body
Part III: From top to toe: looking at specific areas of the
body
Chapter 8: Look at Me! Sussing Out Skin Problems
Chapter 9: Trouble at the Top: Symptoms Around the Head and
Problems with the Senses
Chapter 10: Close to Your Heart: Exploring Chest Problems
Chapter 11: Untangling Tummy and Bowel Problems
Chapter 12: Getting Lower: Urinary and Other Disturbances
'Down There'
Chapter 13: Bones and Groans
Part IV: Dealing with health problems in people close to
you
Chapter 14: Spotting Illness in Your Baby
Chapter 15: Illness in Your Toddler or Pre-School Child
Chapter 16: Problems in Your School-Age Kids
Chapter 17: Dealing with Adolescent Problems
Chapter 18: Understanding Women's Troubles
Chapter 19: Looking at Some Specific Men's Issues
Chapter 20: Dealing with Common Later Life Problems
Part V: Spotting mental health problems
Chapter 21: Tackling Anxiety, Depression and Stress
Chapter 22: Approaching Unusual Thoughts and Behaviour
Chapter 23: Addressing Alcohol and Drug Problems
Part VI: The part of tens
Chapter 24: Ten First Aid Essentials: Helping Yourself and
Others
Chapter 25: Ten Reliable Health Websites
Chapter 26: Ten Medical Tests you May Need
Glossary: 100 Useful Medical Terms
Dr Knut Schroeder MD MSc PhD MRCP FRCGP CertMedEd is an experienced family doctor and Honorary Senior Clinical Lecturer in General Practice. He holds a degree in Medical Education and has had papers published in international peer-reviewed journals and articles in the GP press.
Introduction.
Part I: Spotting and Assessing Illness: The Basics.
Chapter 1: Understanding Your Health Problems.
Chapter 2: Conducting a Symptom Check.
Chapter 3: Looking Out for Signs of Illness.
Chapter 4: Managing Your Health Problems.
Part II: Looking at Emergencies and 'All-Over'
Symptoms.
Chapter 5: Coping With Medical Emergencies.
Chapter 6: Approaching Non-Specifi c Symptoms.
Chapter 7: Covering Symptoms that Affect Your Wider Body.
Part III: Going From Top to Toe: Looking at Specific Areas of
the Body.
Chapter 8: Sussing Out Skin Problems.
Chapter 9: Trouble at the Top: Head Symptoms and Problems with
the Senses.
Chapter 10: Exploring Chest Problems.
Chapter 11: Untangling Tummy and Bowel Problems.
Chapter 12: Getting Lower: Urinary and Other Disturbances 'Down
There'.
Chapter 13: Groaning Bones and Moaning Muscles.
Part IV: Dealing with Health Problems in Specific
Groups.
Chapter 14: Spotting Illness in Your Newborn, Infant or
Toddler.
Chapter 15: Assessing Illness in Your Pre-School Child.
Chapter 16: Identifying Health Problems in Your School-Age
Children.
Chapter 17: Dealing With Teenage Health Troubles.
Chapter 18: Understanding Women's Troubles.
Chapter 19: Looking at Men's Issues.
Chapter 20: Dealing with Health Problems in Later Life.
Part V: Approaching Mental Health Problems and Addictive
Behaviour.
Chapter 21: Tackling Depression, Stress and Anxiety.
Chapter 22: Considering Unusual Thoughts, Feelings and
Behaviour.
Chapter 23: Addressing Addictive Behaviour and Substance
Misuse.
Part VI: The Part of Tens.
Chapter 24: Ten (okay, Nine) Things to Know About First Aid.
Chapter 25: Ten Reliable Websites and Helplines.
Chapter 26: Ten Medical Tests You May Need.
Index.
Erscheint lt. Verlag | 2.9.2010 |
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Sprache | englisch |
Themenwelt | Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Gesundheit / Leben / Psychologie |
Medizin / Pharmazie ► Allgemeines / Lexika | |
Schlagworte | Consumer Health Special Topics • Gesundheits- u. Sozialwesen • Gesundheitsvorsorge • Health & Social Care • Private Gesundheitsvorsorge / Spezialgebiete |
ISBN-10 | 0-470-66470-3 / 0470664703 |
ISBN-13 | 978-0-470-66470-4 / 9780470664704 |
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