Monday, June 15th, 2009 at
8:12 am
Researching medical symptoms as a guide, not a diagnosis.
We all experience some strange health symptoms at some point in our lives. Such symptoms don't necessarily send us running to the doctor immediately, but may be curious enough to warrant a medical symptoms check on our own, either in a health reference book or on the medical websites.
For example, let's say you've had arthritis for a while. All of a sudden, you get an odd pain in one of the joints in your hand that's different than what you've come to expect.
You notice the appearance of little nodules on that thumb joint which are terribly painful. Here's a case where a medical symptoms help can ease your mind, or prompt you to make a call to your physician.
There are medical websites which feature a flowchart style, medical questions and answers type of online medical symptoms search which are quite informative and interesting. You select 'joint nodules' as your search criteria. The medical symptoms checker leads you through a series of yes or no questions to answer.
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