Diagnosing Your Health Symptoms for Dummies

Written 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
Part II: Looking at Emergencies and ‘All-Over' Symptoms
Part III: From top to toe: looking at specific areas of the body
Part IV: Dealing with health problems in people close to you
Part V: Spotting mental health problems
Part VI: The part of tens

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448 pages | Published September 16, 2010 | English | ISBN-10: 0470660961 | PDF