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Unusual Signs and Symptoms in Internal Medicine.
Title:
Unusual Signs and Symptoms in Internal Medicine.
Author:
Gallo, Vittorio.
ISBN:
9788897419044
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Edition:
1st ed.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (36 pages)
Contents:
Colophon -- Preface -- 1. An Irrepressible Desire to Eat Ice -- 2. An Insatiable Thirst for Icy Water -- 3. Fear of Drinking Water -- 4. Strong Desire for Salt -- 5. Onset of Cephalea After a Hyperproteic Meal -- 6. Onset of Pain After Drinking Alcohol -- 7. Loss of Taste for Cigarettes -- 8. Pain in the Tongue During Mastication -- 9. Dyspnoea Occurring in Lateral Decubitus -- 10. Dyspnoea Occurring in Standing Position -- 11. Cephalea and Palpitation Occurring During Micturition -- 12. A Syncope at the End of Micturition -- 13. A Beard-Shaving Syncope -- 14. Dark Urine Following the First Micturition of the Morning -- 15. Foamy Urine Like Beer -- 16. Urine That Changes Colour to Black -- 17. Progressive Increase in the Size of Shoes, Gloves, and Hat -- 18. Inopportune Laughter -- 19. Erythema and Burning Feet -- 20. Onset of Pain in a Leg with Sneezes or Coughs -- 21. Pain in Both the Thighs in a Feverish Patient -- 22. An Annoying Burning After a Hot Bath -- 23. A Chronic, Widespread, and Unrestrainable Burning in a Young Woman -- 24. Silver-Coloured Faeces -- 25. A Strange Yellowish Colour in the Nails Accompanied by Lymphoedema -- 26. Bronchial Asthma in a Subject With Dyspepsia and Epigastric Pyrosis -- 27. Rhythmic Joltings and Swinging of the Head -- 28. Poorly Explainable Diarrhoea in a Patient in Treatment With Antiplatelet Drugs -- 29. Seeing Yellow-Green Halos Around Objects -- 30. Mental Confusion, Fever, and Dyspnoea -- Author -- References.
Abstract:
This book aims at providing a support in the interpretation of the most unusual signs and symptoms that can be encountered in the clinical practice. Each sign is described in concise way (one sign/one page): a full description of the symptoms as experienced by the patient is given, followed by its clinical meaning, the diagnosis and therapeutic approach.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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