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Summary: Useful All Purpose Manual
Review: This is a great book to keep with your first aid kit or on your family book case. I also highly recomend its companion book, Taking Care of Your Child, if you have kids, get them both.
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Summary: The 21st Century House Call
Review: This is a quick and handy guide with solution-at-a-glance flow charts to help you diagnose and treat common medical problems that don't require a doctor's care.It is NOT a substitute for your doctor. The book gives a simple plan for preventative health care by surveying the 5 "keys to health:" exercise, obesity, alcohol, smoking, diet/nutrition. It also gives criteria for choosing a doctor, tells how you can detect poor medical service and advises on what to expect when you visit a doctor. In it you'll learn:
how to treat common medical symptoms
how to save time and money
to cut out unnecessary trips to doctors and emergency rooms. A caveat: Do NOT use aspirin in any form to treat fevers and common pediatric illnesses in children less than 12 years old. The guide is not intended to replace a physician's care. It's a guide to help you determine when to call or see a doctor or when to give the specified treatment at home. If in doubt, see your doctor. Quality medical care begins at home, say Drs. Vickey and Fries, and they've proved the information to help you get it. This one should be on everyone's bookshelf, especially if you have children.
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Summary: Take Care of Yourself by Vickery et al.
Review: This work has a variety of symptoms to known disease processes
during childhood, adulthood and old age. Strategies to deal
with stress/strain, chest pain, eye problems, digestion and
the urinary tract are set forth in detail throughout the book.
Urinary tract infections may be treated initially by drinking
more fluids ; such as water and juices i.e. cranberry.
The author distinguishes between home treatment and instances
when a physician must be called to deal with more serious symptoms. Simple wounds can be soaked and cleaned with
warm water for short periods. Larger wounds take longer to heal
and require a physician's intervention. This work is perfect for immediate interventions until definitive improvement is seen or a physician becomes available.
It should be in every personal health library.
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Summary: Essential health care reference
Review: We've used this reference extensively for over 20 years to figure out when a particular problem requires professional medical attention (urgent or otherwise) and when there may be an effective home treatment. We first started using it at the urging of our family doctor. When we use it before making an appointment, our doctor knows that we're well informed and prepared to make efficient use of our time with him. Now that our son is away at college, we've gotten him his own copy.
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