Description
SIMPLE GUIDES CONTAIN THE FOLLOWING SECTIONS:
What happens normally?
Sets the scene by explaining how the relevant parts of the body work under normal circumstances.
The basics
Sets out the 'top-line' features of the disease or condition (leg. symptoms, causes, diagnosis and treatment) and the way in which it may be managed by you and a team of healthcare professionals in primary and secondary care. The areas touched on in this section are elaborated upon in much more detail later on in the book.
Why me?
Tells you where you stand and describes how living with your disease or condition may affect your life.
Simple science
Revisits the way in which having a disease or condition affects the body and describes how the drugs that may be used to treat it are thought to work.
Managing your disease or condition
Takes you through the medical management of your disease or condition from your initial consultation with your GP, through diagnosis and into treatment options.
Simple extras
Useful contact information, space for personal information and further reading
ISBN:9781905466054
