Differential Diagnosis of Internal Diseases

Differential Diagnosis of Internal Diseases, Third Edition covers the diagnosis of numerous internal diseases based on symptoms and signs. This edition is organized by symptoms and signs that may be individually different even in the same disease and must be analyzed and understood on a pathophysiological basis within the framework of the individual personality. This book is composed of two main parts encompassing 20 chapters. Part I reviews the leading symptoms of headache, chest and abdominal pain, backache, pain in extremities, general feelings and consciousness disorders, vertigo, nausea, vomitus, cough, dyspnea, diarrhea, constipation, and hemorrhages. Part II examines the leading signs habitus, hyperthermia, fever, infectious disease, respiratory, cardiovascular, digestive, hematopoietic, and uropoietic systems diseases, and glycosuria. This book will be of value to general physicians, clinicians, and pathophysiologists.

PrefacePart One: Leading Symptoms 1. Headache Acute Headache Chronic Headache "Nervous" and Psychoneurotic Headache 2. Chest Pain Intercostal Nerves Posterior Roots Afferent Nerves Traveling with the Sympathetic Afferent Vagus Fibers 3. Abdominal Pain Mechanisms of Abdominal Pain Colicky Pain Continuous Pain Segmental Abdominal Pain of Extra-Abdominal Origin 4. Backache Retroperitoneal Abdominal Diseases Vertebral Column Soft Tissues 5. Pain in the Extremities, Dysesthesia, Polyalgia Bones Joints Periarticular Structures Muscles Nerves Blood and Lymph Vessels Skin Polyalgia 6. Disorders of General Feelings Malaise Fatigue and Weakness Feeling of Being Cold or Being Warm Appetite and Hunger Thirst Libido 7. Disorders of Consciousness Sleep Syncope (Fainting) Coma Stupor 8. Vertigo, Nausea, and Vomitus Vertigo Nausea and Vomitus 9. Paralysis, Incoordination and Involuntary Movements Paralysis Incoordination Involuntary Movements 10. Cough and Dyspnea Cough Dyspnea 11. Diarrhea and Constipation Acute Diarrhea Chronic Diarrhea Constipation 12. Hemorrhages Epistaxis Hemoptysis Hematemesis Hemorrhage per Anum Hematuria and Hemoglobinuria Menorrhagia and Metrorrhagia Hemorrhages into the Skin Occult Internal HemorrhagesPart Two: Leading Signs 13. The General Appearance (Habitus) Stature Polygenopathies, Status Degenerativus Obesity and Leanness Endocrine and Pseudoendocrine Features General Appearance Indicating Various Other Diseases Jaundice Cyanosis Edema 14. Hyperthermia, Fever and Infectious Diseases Aseptic Fever Infectious Fever Synopsis of Common Infections Disease due to Hypersensitization Habitual Hyperthermia 15. Respiratory System Upper Respiratory Tract Evaluation of Methods of Examination of the Chest Diseases of the Bronchopulmonary System Pleural Effusion 16. Cardiovascular System Inspection Percussion Auscultation Palpation Roentgenologic Examination Electrocardiography Etiology and Nature of Cardiovascular Diseases 17. Digestive System Oral Cavity Esophagus Stomach and Duodenum Small Intestines and Colon Liver and Biliary Tract Liver Function Tests Liver Diseases Pancreas Splenomegaly and Miscellaneous Abdominal "Masses" 18. Hemopoietic System The Erythrocytes The Leukocytes The Thrombocytes. Hemorrhagic Diathesis 19. Uropoietic System Disorders of Renal Function and Metabolic Consequences Diagnostic Procedures Diseases with Predominant Glomerular Lesions Diseases with Predominant Tubular Lesions Diseases of the Interstitial Tissue Diseases of Vascular Origin Diseases due to Extrarenal Obstruction of the Urinary Tract Malformations Tumors 20. Glycosuria Non-Diabetic Glycosuria Symptomatic Diabetes Mellitus Constitutional DiabetesIndex