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Record Nr.

UNINA9910457481903321

Autore

Gallo Vittorio

Titolo

Unusual signs and symptoms in internal medicine [[electronic resource] /] / Vittorio Gallo

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Torino, : SEEd, 2011

ISBN

88-97419-04-6

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (54 p.)

Disciplina

616

Soggetti

Symptoms

Internal medicine

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Title Page; Colophon; Table of Contents; 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 Morning15. 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 Pyrosis27. 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

Sommario/riassunto

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.