Your Body's Red Light Warning Signals: Medical Tips That May Save Your Life - Softcover

Shulman, Neil B.; Birge, Jack E., M.d.; Ahn, Joon

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0440234611 ISBN 13: 9780440234616

Publisher: Dell Pub Co, 1999

Synopsis

A reference that pinpoints the warning signals of a serious illness is designed to help readers detect which injuries, pain, fever, rashes, and headaches require immediate medical attention and includes a host of health tips, special information for the chronically ill, and much more. Original.

About this title

About the Author

Neil Shulman, M.D., is associate professor in the Department of Internal Medicine at Emory University School of Medicine in Atlanta, Georgia. He has been on the medical school faculty since 1972, teaching, seeing patients, and conducting medical research with over $10 million in funding. He is also author or co-author of over one hundred scientific papers and author or co-author of sixteen books, including fiction, nonfiction, and children's books. He lectures internationally on medical topics.

Jack Birge, M.D., is the medical director for performance improvement for Tanner Medical Center in Carrollton, Georgia. He is also clinical assistant professor of community medicine at Mercer University School of Medicine in Macon, Georgia. Dr. Birge has been practicing primary care medicine since 1959 and has had over 200,

From the Inside Flap

al reference book, with over 400 warning signs of more than 250 life-threatening diseases, puts an E.R. doctor in your home!

Heed the signs. Find out when your body is crying out for help.

When is a headache just an annoyance...and when is it a symptom of a life-threatening condition? When is it crucial to get to a doctor within the next few days, hours, or even minutes? This potentially lifesaving guide pinpoints more than 400 symptoms and gives you the information you need to spot a serious medical problem before it's too late.

Utilizing the expertise of three physicians, it highlights your body's red light warning signals: Injuries, fever, pain, and rashes may all require immediate medical attention. Even a nosebleed can become deadly. What are the signs of trouble? You can get the answers fast with a book that is the next best thing to having a doctor in the house.

Find out:
When an allergy is life threatening

Edition details

• Publisher: Dell Pub Co
• Publication date: 1999
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0440234611
• ISBN 13: 9780440234616
• Binding: Mass Market Paperback
• Number of pages: 364