Diagnosing Your Health Symptoms For DummiesWritten by an experienced family doctor and packed with practical 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 |
Contents
Managing Your Health Problems | |
Accessing and Using Health Services Appropriately | |
Looking at Emergencies and AllOver Symptoms | |
Dealing With Accidents | |
Approaching NonSpecific Symptoms | |
Identifying Health Problems in Your SchoolAge Children | |
Looking at Behavioural Problems Meeting common behavioural problems | |
Performing Your OwnTeenage HealthCheck Dealing With Acne | |
Understanding Womens Troubles | |
Looking at Mens Issues | |
Dealing with premature ejaculation | |
Spotting early signs | |
Watching the Senses | |
Covering Symptoms that Affect Your Wider Body | |
Sussing Out Skin Problems | |
Trouble atthe Top Head Symptoms and Problems with the Senses | |
Exploring Chest Problems | |
Getting Lower Urinary and Other Disturbances Down There | |
Groaning Bones and Moaning Muscles | |
Dealing with Health Problems in Specific Groups | |
Assessing Your Unhappy or Sick Young Child | |
Assessing Illness in Your PreSchool Child | |
Tackling Depression Stress and Anxiety | |
StressAnxiety and Panic | |
Feeling Different | |
Spotting Symptoms and Signs of Alcohol Misuse | |
Tacklingyour problem Identifying Drug Problems | |
Ten okay Nine Things to Know About First | |
Placing Someone in the Recovery Position | |
Testing Your Blood | |