Signs and Symptoms of Diseases

Book excerpt: Do you sometimes feel dizzy when you get up from bed? Have you got seasonal allergies? An episode of diarrhea after drinking milk? Perhaps a sensation of tingling and numbness in your fingers? Or frequent fatigue and headaches that are distributed throughout the day? Do not ignore these symptoms. They happen for a reason. Human beings adapt to their environment. Such adaptation makes them prone to diseases. Signs and symptoms are ways and means in which the body manifest an alteration in its composition. It may have been due to infection, cancer or toxic agents. Inflammatory changes occur as a primal response. Find out more about the common and rare symptoms that are manifested in our body through this book. It will provide the reader with sufficient information to do self care and seek professional help if needed. Each of the symptoms are presented according to the system of the body where it occurs. A connection between each of the symptoms and the different types of body disorders that causes it are explained in detail. The chapters in this book are: Chapter 1: Signs and Symptoms in the Abdominal Cavity Chapter 2: Signs and Symptoms in the Thoracic Cavity Chapter 3: Signs and Symptoms in the Cranial Cavity Chapter 4: Signs and Symptoms in the Integumentary System Chapter 5: Signs and Symptoms in the Neuromuscular System Chapter 6: Signs and Symptoms in the Skeletal System Chapter 7: Signs and Symptoms in the Genitourinary System Chapter 8: Signs and Symptoms in the Sensory Organs Chapter 9: Signs and Symptoms in the Neck, Mouth and Face Chapter 10: Signs and Symptoms in the Extremities Chapter 11: Signs and Symptoms in the Lymphatic System Chapter 12: Signs and Symptoms in the Hematological System