The Slim Book of Health Pearls: Symptoms Never to Ignore

Sheldon Cohen M.D.

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• Topic: Medicine
• Subtopic: Clinical Medicine

There is danger in delaying the evaluation of an unexplained medical symptom. The author lists thirty-four such symptoms, describes them in detail, lists the possible diagnoses the symptoms may represent, their urgency, and the consequences of delay in diagnosis.Procrastination is the thief of time and results in many preventable deaths. Hopefully, the book will stimulate patients to a more prompt appraisal of an unexplained symptom.

 

 

 

The Slim Book of Health Pearls

 

SYMPTOMS NEVER TO IGNORE

 

Sheldon Cohen M.D. FACP

 

Copyright 2012 Sheldon Cohen M.D. FACP,

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ISBN-13: 978-1-4566-0795-1

 

 

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A symptom is a noticeable change in the normal working of the body that indicates or accompanies disease or sickness. Therefore, anyone developing such a noticeable change must not procrastinate…because:

 

“Indecision and delay are the parents of failure”

George Canning

(1770-1827)

 

That quote sets the tone for this book, but here are a few more:

 

“Delays breed dangers”

John Lyly     Poet

 

“Delays have dangerous ends”

Shakespeare     Playwright

 

“The prescription comes too late when the disease has gained strength by long delays”

Ovid     Poet

 

“Procrastination is the thief of time”

Edward Young     Poet

 

“Indecision is debilitating; it feeds upon itself; it is, as one might say, habit forming. Not only that, but it is contagious: it transmits itself to others”

A.H. Hopf     Algebraist

 

 

 

 

Failure to pay attention to any symptom can be, at the very least, detrimental to health. This book is not an all-inclusive list. There are many more.

 

NEVER IGNORE ANY UNEXPLAINED SYMPTOM THAT IS NEW OR IS CAUSING EMOTIONAL OR PHYSICAL CONCERN. CONSULT A PHYSICIAN AS SOON AS POSSIBLE!

 

Illustrative examples follow...in alphabetical order

 

BLOOD IN URINE (HEMATURIA)

If suddenly passing red or tea-colored urine, with or without pain, consider it blood until proven otherwise. If grossly red, the bleeding is considerable; if tea-colored the bleeding is less, but significant. There should be no blood in the urine beyond zero to four red blood cells per high-powered microscopic field. Zero to four is the normal. If the bleedi...

Table of contents

• eBook Cover
• Title Page
• BLOOD IN URINE (HEMATURIA)
• BREAST CHANGES
• BROKEN BONES
• CHANGE IN BOWEL HABITS
• CONSTIPATION
• CHEST PAIN
• CHEST PAIN ON INSPIRATION
• CONVULSIONS
• COUGHING UP BLOOD (HEMOPTYSIS)
• FLASHES OF LIGHT
• FINGERNAIL CHANGES
• FULLNESS AFTER EATING
• HEART PALPITATIONS
• HOARSENESS LASTING MORE THAN THREE WEEKS
• HOT, RED, SWOLLEN, PAINFUL JOINT
• IMPOTENCE
• MENTAL STATUS CHANGE
• MOLE CHANGE
• MOUTH ULCER THAT HAS NOT HEALED IN THREE WEEKS
• NEW HEADACHE OR CHANGE IN HEADACHE CHARACTERISTICS
• NIGHT SWEATS
• PERSISTENT FEVER
• RECTAL BLEEDING
• SHORTNESS OF BREATH WHEN LYING FLAT
• SHORT TERM VISUAL LOSS
• SKIN RASH (PETECHIAL)
• STIFF NECK
• SWALLOWING DIFFICULTY
• SWOLLEN GLAND LASTING MORE THAN TWO WEEKS
• SWOLLEN TENDER CALF
• TESTICULAR LUMP
• VAGINAL BLEEDING
• WAXY RING AND XANTHELASMA OF THE EYE
• WEIGHT LOSS