Medical Symptoms: A Visual Guide, 2nd Edition: The Easy Way to Identify Medical Problems (DK Medical Care Guides)

Description Find home remedies and advice on illnesses and injuries! There are plenty of medical scenarios that can be identified and treated at home. This medical reference book takes you through the most common illnesses and injuries, their symptoms, locations in the body, how to treat them at home and when to seek professional medical attention. Inside this first aid guide, you’ll find: • Easy-to-access visual symptoms guide, arranged by body part affected, working from head to toe • Intuitive entry-level helps the reader identify illness or locate injury quickly • Clear, simple illustrations of the associated anatomy help medical understanding • Conditions are listed in order of likelihood, with the most likely first, for speedy diagnosis • Symbols direct a reader to the appropriate form of medical help • Concise explanations of all the conditions featured in the diseases and disorders section • Updated to include Covid-19 Medical Symptoms is an easy-to-use visual symptoms finder and self-diagnosis book that will help you check out any health problem. Discover what an ailment or pain might be and what you should do. You’ll find explanations of symptoms and diseases, clear human anatomy photographs, and suggested home care instructions. Once you’ve narrowed it down, a cross-reference takes you to easy-to-follow descriptions of the condition at the back of the book. Potentially life-threatening situations symptoms that need urgent medical advice are clearly flagged. This is the perfect home medical guide for your family and is fully illustrated throughout. 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 DISCOLORATION SKIN LUMPS AND BUMPS MOOD CHANGES BEHAVIOR 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 DIARRHEA BOWELS CONSTIPATION BOWELS ABNORMAL STOOLS 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 SYSTEM NERVOUS SYSTEM EAR AND EYE CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM BLOOD, LYMPHATIC, AND IMMUNE SYSTEM RESPIRATORY SYSTEM DIGESTIVE SYSTEM URINARY AND REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEM ENDOCRINE AND METABOLIC SKIN, HAIR, AND NAIL INFECTIONS AND INFESTATIONS POISONING AND ENVIRONMENTAL MENTAL HEALTH GLOSSARY INDEX ACKNOWLEDGMENTS A head-to-toe e-guide to symptoms, helping you self-diagnose and decide what to do nextWhether it's a symptom you have been ignoring for a while or something like a sudden pain after a fall, this book 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 is an invaluable reference. Whether It's A Symptom You Have Been Ignoring For A While Or Something Like A Sudden Pain After A Fall, This Book 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 Book. Potentially Life-threatening Situations And Ailments That Need Urgent Medical Advice Are Clearly Flagged. Fully Illustrated Throughout, Medical Symptoms Is An Invaluable Reference.