Medical Symptoms: A Visual Guide: The Easy Way to Identify Medical Problems PDF
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MEDICAL SYMPTOMS A VISUAL GUIDE MEDICAL SYMPTOMS A VISUAL GUIDE DK LONDON DK DELHI Senior Editor Janet Mohun Senior Editor Suefa Lee Project Art Editor Duncan Turner Project Art Editor Rupanki Arora Kaushik US Editor Kayla Dugger Art Editor Anjali Sachar Project Editors Lili Bryant, Miezan van Zyl Assistant Art Editors Sonakshi Singh, Designer Gregory McCarthy Simar Dhamija Senior Jacket Designer Mark Cavanagh Jacket Designer Juhi Sheth Jacket Editor Claire Gell Jackets Editorial Coordinator Jacket Design Development Manager Sophia MTT Priyanka Sharma Pre-Production Producer David Almond DTP Designers Jaypal Chauhan, Producer Anna Vallarino Nand Kishor Acharya, Managing Editor Angeles Gavira Rakesh Kumar Managing Art Editor Michael Dufy Picture Researcher Aditya Katyal Art Director Karen Self Senior Managing Editor Rohan Sinha Associate Publishing Director Liz Wheeler Managing Art Editor Sudakshina Basu Publishing Director Jonathan Metcalf Managing Jackets Editor Saloni Singh Pre-Production Manager Balwant Singh CONSULTING MEDICAL EDITOR Production Manager Pankaj Sharma Shannon Hach, MD; STAT editing Picture Research Manager Taiyaba Khatoon First American Edition, 2018 Published in Great Britain Published in the United States by DK Publishing by Dorling Kindersley Limited 345 Hudson Street, New York, New York 10014 A catalog record for this book Copyright © 2018 Dorling Kindersley Limited is available from the Library of Congress. DK, a Division of Penguin Random House LLC ISBN: 978-1-4654-5914-5 18 19 20 21 22 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 DK books are available at special discounts when 001–299886–Jan/2018 purchased in bulk for sales promotions, premiums, All rights reserved. Without limiting the rights under the copyright fund-raising, or educational use. For details, contact: reserved above, no part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in or introduced into a retrieval system, or transmitted, in DK Publishing Special Markets, any form, or by any means (electronic, mechanical, photocopying, 345 Hudson Street, New York, recording, or otherwise), without the prior written permission of New York 10014 the copyright owner. CONTENTS FOREWORD 8 HOW TO USE THIS BOOK 10 PART 1 WHOLE-BODY SYMPTOM GUIDE DIZZINESS AND FAINTING 14 SEIZURES 16 GENERAL PAIN 18 MOBILITY 20 NAUSEA AND VOMITING 22 FATIGUE 24 FEVER 26 WEIGHT GAIN 28 WEIGHT LOSS 30 SKIN RASHES 32 SKIN MOLES AND DISCOLORATION 34 SKIN LUMPS AND BUMPS 36 MOOD CHANGES 38 BEHAVIOR PROBLEMS 40 MEMORY AND CONFUSION 42 SLEEPING PROBLEMS 44 PART 2 HEAD-TO-TOE SYMPTOM GUIDE HEAD FRONT 48 UPPER ABDOMEN 100 HEAD SIDE 50 LOWER BACK 102 HAIR AND SCALP 52 LOWER ABDOMEN LEFT 104 FACE 54 LOWER ABDOMEN RIGHT 106 EYE PHYSICAL 56 FEMALE PELVIS 108 EYE VISION 58 GROIN MALE AND FEMALE 110 EAR PHYSICAL 60 URINARY PROBLEMS FEMALE 112 EAR HEARING 62 FEMALE GENITALS 114 NOSE 64 URINARY PROBLEMS MALE 116 MOUTH 66 MALE GENITALS 118 THROAT 68 BUTTOCKS AND ANUS 120 THROAT VOICE 70 BOWELS DIARRHEA 122 NECK 72 BOWELS CONSTIPATION 124 SHOULDER FRONT 74 BOWELS ABNORMAL STOOLS 126 SHOULDER BACK 76 HIP FRONT 128 UPPER ARM 78 HIP BACK 130 ELBOW 80 THIGH FRONT 132 FOREARM AND WRIST 82 THIGH BACK 134 HAND BACK 84 KNEE FRONT 136 HAND PALM 86 KNEE BACK 138 CHEST UPPER 88 LOWER LEG FRONT 140 CHEST CENTRAL 90 LOWER LEG BACK 142 CHEST SIDE 92 ANKLE 144 BREAST 94 FOOT GENERAL 146 UPPER BACK 96 FOOT UPPER 148 ABDOMEN GENERAL 98 FOOT UNDERSIDE 150 PART 3 DIRECTORY OF CONDITIONS MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM 154 NERVOUS SYSTEM 166 CONTRIBUTORS EAR AND EYE 174 Dina Kaufman, MBBS, MRCGP, DCH, DRCGP CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM 180 Part-time GP in London with special interests in women’s health and psychological medicine. BLOOD, LYMPHATIC, AND IMMUNE SYSTEM 186 RESPIRATORY SYSTEM 190 Michael Dawson, MMedSc, FRCGP DIGESTIVE SYSTEM 196 Former GP in Shropshire, England, now a national part-time educator and mentor. URINARY AND REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEM 208 ENDOCRINE AND METABOLIC 219 Mike Wyndham, MBBS, MRCGP SKIN, HAIR, AND NAIL 222 A GP for 35 years with special interests in postgraduate medical education in primary INFECTIONS AND INFESTATIONS 232 care, management of skin disease, and the POISONING AND ENVIRONMENTAL 239 application of photography to medical practice. MENTAL HEALTH 240 Martyn Page Freelance editor and writer based in London. GLOSSARY 244 INDEX 248 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 256
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