Quick Health Reference Summary:

Quick Health reference is a must have type of ebook for everyone including health professionals, it covers more than 400 health topics of all medical specialties. It helps you find everything you need to know about medical conditions, symptoms, treatments, operations and some services. It is a highly recommend, handy reference tool for students, residents, nurses and all other healthcare professionals.

This is what Quick Health Reference covers

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Blood disorders
Cancer
Contraception and family planning
Digestive disorders
Family support
Genetic disorders
Gynaecology
Infections
Medicines, treatments and drugs
Mental health
Minor ailments and illnesses
Muscles, joints and bones
Babies' health
Men’s health
Children's health
Senior health
Glossary




Blood disorders
• Anaemia
• Blood poisoning
• Blood pressure (high)
• Blood pressure (low)
• Diabetes
• Diabetes insipidus
• Haemophilia
• Hughes syndrome
• Hyperglycaemia
• Hypoglycaemia
• Jaundice
• Jaundice - newborn
• Leukaemia
• Multiple myeloma
• Poisoning
• Rhesus disease
• Septic shock
• Sickle cell anaemia
• Thalassaemia
• Toxic shock syndrome



Cancer
• Brain tumour
• Cancer
• Cancer of the bile duct
• Cancer of the bladder
• Cancer of the bone
• Cancer of the breast, female
• Cancer of the breast, male
• Cancer of the cervix
• Cancer of the colon, rectum or bowel
• Cancer of the kidney
• Cancer of the larynx
• Cancer of the liver
• Cancer of the lung
• Cancer of the mouth
• Cancer of the oesophagus
• Cancer of the ovary
• Cancer of the prostate
• Cancer of the skin
• Cancer of the stomach
• Cancer of the testicle
• Cancer of the thyroid
• Cancer of the uterus
• Cancer of the vagina
• Chemotherapy
• Lymphoma
• Malignant melanoma
• Multiple myeloma



Contraception and family planning
• Abortion
• Combined contraceptive pill
• Condoms (male and female)
• Contraception
• Contraceptive implants and injections
• Contraceptive patch
• Diaphragms and caps
• Emergency contraception
• Female sterilisation
• Intrauterine device (IUD)
• Intrauterine system (IUS)
• Male contraceptive pill
• Natural family planning
• Progestogen-only pill



Digestive disorders
• Cancer of the colon, rectum or bowel
• Cancer of the oesophagus
• Coeliac disease
• Colostomy
• Constipation
• Crohn's disease
• Diarrhoea
• Diverticular problems
• Dysentery
• Flatulence
• Gastroesophageal reflux disease
• Giardiasis
• Heartburn
• Ileostomy
• Indigestion
• Irritable bowel syndrome
• Lactose intolerance
• Laxatives
• Norovirus
• Ulcerative colitis


Family support
• Carers
• Domestic violence
• Family support
• Respite care


Genetic disorders
• Alzheimer's disease
• Androgen insensitivity syndrome
• Ataxia
• Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease
• Congenital heart disease
• Cystic fibrosis
• Down's syndrome
• Dyslexia
• Epidermolysis bullosa. (EB)
• Genetics
• Huntington's disease
• Marfan syndrome
• Muscular dystrophy
• Neurofibromatosis
• Noonan syndrome
• Phenylketonuria
• Sickle cell anaemia
• Spinal muscular atrophy
• Tay-Sachs disease
• Thalassaemia


Gynaecology
• Dilatation and curettage (D&C)
• Gonorrhoea
• Gynaecologists and obstetricians
• Hysterectomy
• Infertility
• IVF
• Miscarriage
• Ovarian cyst
• Pelvic inflammatory disease
• Periods
• Periods, absent
• Periods, heavy
• Periods, painful
• Polycystic ovarian syndrome
• Pregnancy
• Premenstrual syndrome
• Prolapse of the uterus
• Sexually transmitted infections
• Syphilis
• Vaginismus
• Infection
• Abscess
• Amoebiasis
• Anal fistula
• Aspergillosis
• Avian flu
• Balanitis
• Blepharitis
• Boils
• Botulism
• Bronchiectasis
• Bronchiolitis
• Cellulitis
• Chest infection
• Chickenpox
• Chlamydia
• Clostridium difficile
• Cold sore
• Croup
• Cytomegalovirus
• Dental abscess
• Diphtheria
• Ear infection
• Flu
• Fungal nail infection
• Gastroenteritis
• Genital herpes
• Giardiasis
• Glandular fever
• Glue ear
• Gonorrhoea
• Hand, foot and mouth disease
• HIV and AIDS
• How do I avoid viral infections?
• How often should I have an epilepsy review?
• Impetigo
• Kidney infection
• Labyrinthitis
• Laryngitis
• Legionnaire's disease
• Leptospirosis
• Listeriosis
• Lyme disease
• Malaria
• Measles
• Meningitis
• Molluscum contagiosum
• MRSA
• Mumps
• Oral thrush
• Osteomyelitis
• Pandemic flu
• Peritonitis
• Pneumococcal infections
• Pneumonia
• Poliomyelitis
• Q Fever
• Quinsy
• Rabies
• Respiratory tract infection
• Ringworm
• Rubella
• SARS
• Scarlet fever
• Sexually transmitted infections
• Shingles
• Sinusitis
• Slapped cheek syndrome
• Staphylococcal infections
• Streptococcal infections
• Syphilis
• Tetanus
• Thrush
• Thrush, men
• Tonsillitis
• Toxic shock syndrome
• Toxocariasis
• Toxoplasmosis
• Trachoma
• Trichomoniasis
• Tuberculosis
• Typhoid fever
• Urinary tract infection
• What are the incubation periods for infections?
• When do tetanus symptoms show up after an injury?
• Whooping cough
• Yellow fever




Medicines, treatments and drugs
• Anaesthesia
• Anti-inflammatories, non-steroidal
• Anticoagulant drugs
• Antidepressant drugs
• Antifungal drugs
• Antihistamine drugs
• Bronchodilator drugs
• Chemotherapy
• Corticosteroid (drugs)
• Corticosteroid preparations (topical)
• Decongestant drugs
• Emollients
• Laxatives
• Painkillers
• Radiotherapy
• Tranquillisers
• Travel Immunisation


Mental health
• Addictions
• Agoraphobia
• Anorexia nervosa
• Anxiety
• Bipolar disorder
• Bulimia
• Cognitive behavioural therapy
• Counselling
• Dementia
• Depression
• Eating disorders
• Gender dysphoria
• Insomnia
• Mental health
• Mental health services
• Mental health specialist services
• Munchausen’s syndrome
• Obsessive compulsive disorder
• Panic disorder
• Phobias
• Post-traumatic stress disorder
• Psychosis
• Schizophrenia
• Seasonal affective disorder
• Self-injury
• Stress
• Suicide


Muscles, joints and bones
• Ankylosing spondylitis
• Arthritis
• Arthroscopy
• Back pain
• Baker's cyst
• Bone cyst
• Broken bones
• Bursitis
• Cancer of the bone
• Carpal tunnel syndrome
• Cartilage damage
• Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease
• DEXA scan
• Exercise
• Falls
• Fibromyalgia
• Frozen shoulder
• Gout
• Hip replacement
• Irritable hip
• Joint hypermobility
• Knee replacement
• Kyphosis
• Muscular dystrophy
• Osteoarthritis
• Osteomyelitis
• Osteoporosis
• Paget's disease
• Physiotherapy
• Polymyalgia rheumatica
• Reiter's syndrome
• Repetitive strain injury
• Restricted growth
• Rheumatic fever
• Rheumatoid arthritis
• Rickets
• Scoliosis
• Slipped disc
• Spina bifida
• Spinal muscular atrophy
• Sports injuries
• Tendonitis
• Tennis elbow
• Tics
• Traction
• Tremor (essential)


Babies' health
• Avian flu
• Babies crying
• Babies, weaning
• Bottle feeding
• Breastfeeding
• Bronchiolitis
• Cleft lip and palate
• Colic
• Cradle cap
• Craniosynostosis
• Croup
• Dental care for babies and children
• Immunisation
• Jaundice - newborn
• Nappy rash
• Pneumococcal infections
• Sudden infant death syndrome
• Talipes



Men's health
• Balanitis
• Cancer of the prostate
• Cancer of the testicle
• Domestic violence
• Ejaculation problems
• Erectile dysfunction
• Male contraceptive pill
• Priapism
• Testicular lumps, benign
• Thrush, men
• Vasectomy



Children's health
• Accidents to children in the home
• Asthma - children
• Autistic spectrum disorder
• Bedwetting
• Chickenpox
• Children in care
• Dyspraxia (childhood)
• Glue ear
• Head lice
• Hearing and vision tests for children
• Hospitals, children
• Kawasaki disease
• Lazy eye
• Measles
• Meningitis
• Mumps
• Molluscum contagiosum
• Poliomyelitis
• Puberty
• Reye's syndrome
• Rickets
• Rotavirus
• Rubella
• Scabies
• Scarlet fever
• Slapped cheek syndrome


Senior health
• Alzheimer's disease
• Arthritis
• Cervical spondylosis
• Dementia
• Ectropion
• Macular degeneration
• Neuralgia
• Osteoarthritis
• Osteoporosis
• Paget's disease
• Parkinson's disease
• Pneumococcal infections
• Pneumonia
• Polymyalgia rheumatica
• Rheumatoid arthritis
• Varicose veins


About the Author:

Ben M. Mpanzu is an Staff nurse based in London (United kingdom). He Has a DipHE in Adult Nursing and currently working in a gastroenterology department with the management of Alcohol and liver disease.