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Part I: Spotting and Assessing Illness: The Basics.

Chapter 1: Understanding Your Health Problems.

Chapter 2: Conducting a Symptom Check.

Chapter 3: Looking Out for Signs of Illness.

Chapter 4: Managing Your Health Problems.

Part II: Looking at Emergencies and 'All-Over' Symptoms.

Chapter 5: Coping With Medical Emergencies.

Chapter 6: Approaching Non-Specifi c Symptoms.

Chapter 7: Covering Symptoms that Affect Your Wider Body.

Part III: Going From Top to Toe: Looking at Specific Areas of the Body.

Chapter 8: Sussing Out Skin Problems.

Chapter 9: Trouble at the Top: Head Symptoms and Problems with the Senses.

Chapter 10: Exploring Chest Problems.

Chapter 11: Untangling Tummy and Bowel Problems.

Chapter 12: Getting Lower: Urinary and Other Disturbances 'Down There'.

Chapter 13: Groaning Bones and Moaning Muscles.

Part IV: Dealing with Health Problems in Specific Groups.

Chapter 14: Spotting Illness in Your Newborn, Infant or Toddler.

Chapter 15: Assessing Illness in Your Pre-School Child.

Chapter 16: Identifying Health Problems in Your School-Age Children.

Chapter 17: Dealing With Teenage Health Troubles.

Chapter 18: Understanding Women's Troubles.

Chapter 19: Looking at Men's Issues.

Chapter 20: Dealing with Health Problems in Later Life.

Part V: Approaching Mental Health Problems and Addictive Behaviour.

Chapter 21: Tackling Depression, Stress and Anxiety.

Chapter 22: Considering Unusual Thoughts, Feelings and Behaviour.

Chapter 23: Addressing Addictive Behaviour and Substance Misuse.

Part VI: The Part of Tens.

Chapter 24: Ten (okay, Nine) Things to Know About First Aid.

Chapter 25: Ten Reliable Websites and Helplines.

Chapter 26: Ten Medical Tests You May Need.

Index.