Product Description

Based on the advice of leading medical practitioners, this comprehensive, A-to-Z reference guide from the editors of Prevention Magazine Health Books decodes hundreds of symptoms--from ankle swelling to dizziness, insomnia to rashes, seeing spots to taste loss. This book offers a variety of treatments as well as advice on when to contact a doctor. HC: Rodale Press.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #780463 in Books
• Published on: 1996-02-01
• Released on: 1996-02-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Mass Market Paperback
• 784 pages

From Booklist
The Doctors Book of Home Remedies II came out just the other day, but here the Prevention mag guys are again with lots of the same info in a new format they expect will justify a 75,000-copy first printing. They probably expect right, for many think of their discomforts not in terms of proper-named illnesses and syndromes but as irritants they'd just like to know whether to bring to a doctor or handle themselves. Such will warm to this reshuffling of the Prevention database because the first thing each entry counsels is "WHEN TO SEE YOUR DOCTOR": e.g., under "Canker Sores" appear two when-to conditions--"A sore in your mouth does not heal within two weeks" and "You develop a painless sore in your mouth." After the when-tos come, in each entry, succinct instruction on "What Your Symptom Is Telling You" and suggestions for "Symptom Relief." Occasional flashes of humor--e.g., "Somewhere between watching a rerun of `Gilligan's Island' and being branded with a hot poker is a torment called anal pain"--make it enjoyably as well as informatively readable. Ray Olson

Customer Reviews

Good guide for anyone
Any layperson can use this guide to try and pinpoint some of the symptoms they are experiencing. People are becoming more health conscious and wanting to understand what is going on when they are ill. This is a quick and easy reference guide to get them headed in the right direction. It is user friendly for all and reminds people to consult their physicians with problems as well.

Should be in every home
Logicaly listed, enough information to help you decide what you need to do. Doesn't replace your doctor but it is very helpful when you need to know "what could this (symptom)mean.

One for everyone in the world!

Not everyone can use a computer, or afford one at home, so this book is my gift to everyone I can think of. Youngsters can read the finer print and oldsters can learn something new every day. Thanks for providing such a wonderful reference item for our family.