This edition aims to provide a question and answer guide to all kinds of commonly experienced symptoms. The book is written by doctors and has been extensively tested with patients in order to provide detailed, easy-to-follow practical advice. The author has also written Complete Family Guide to Health Living.

Forget 'an apple a day'; this is the best advice to keep the doctor away in any busy familyThe BMA Family Doctor Home Adviser is a practical, quick-reference guide to identifying and dealing with common health problems. Over 150 symptom question-and-answer charts help you determine the possible cause of a symptom and advise when it's necessary to seek medical help. Fully endorsed by the BMA it also includes vital information on how the body works and what to do to maintain general health and fitness. The BMA Family Doctor Home Adviser is the ideal book to have to hand in any family.

Advising when it's necessary to seek medical help, the question-and-answer charts in this book help you determine the possible cause of a symptom. It is endorsed by the BMA with information on how the body works and what to do to maintain general health and fitness.

Providing practical advice on home treatments, this accessible guide explains what can be done to relieve symptoms and, if possible, clear up the problem for many common medical conditions. Illustrated with step-by-step photographs, this book's well-rounded approach includes practical techniques, preventive measures, complementary remedies, and conventional medical treatments for use in the home. An integrated approach to health is increasingly popular among doctors and patients, and Home Doctor helps you use all of the information available to treat many common conditions at home. Practical and easy-to-use, it includes over one-hundred-and-fifty common symptoms, illnesses, and injuries with advice on when you can treat them safely and effectively and when to call a doctor. With basic first-aid procedures as well as a quick A-Z reference covering over-the-counter drugs and natural remedies, it's like having your own in-home healthcare provider 24/7.

This is an A-Z reference guide to over 5000 medical terms including symptoms, diseases, drugs and treatments. Since the appearance of the first edition in 1990, significant developments have occured in many areas of medicine. For example, far more internal operations can now be performed by minimally invasive keyhole surgery. Genetic disorders, such as cystic fibrosis, are now understood in far greater depth than before. There has also been a dramatic increase in the number of screening tests for the early detection of diseases.