Format:
1 online resource (326 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
9789356400320
Content:
Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Foreword by C.N.R. Rao -- Preface -- Section One: My Story, My Liver -- 1. I am twenty-six, a foodie, a bit plump, with liver problems -- 2. I am twenty-one, slim, but have a fatty liver. Why me? -- 3. I am thirty, used antibiotics, and got jaundice. Why? -- 4. I am thirty-three, boozed only briefly, still my liver packed -- could it be due to my alcoholic father? -- 5. I suffer from liver cancer, so did my uncle. Why so? -- Section Two: My Story, My Body -- 6. I have moles and skin tags on my neck, so does my mother -- 7. I am twenty-four and struck with high BP. Why me? -- 8. I am fifty and diabetic with high serum lipids -- the doctor says no alcohol -- 9. I have a nodule in my breast -- the surgeon says get your liver checked before surgery. Why? -- Section Three: My Story, My Fears -- 10. I am fat due to thyroid -- true or false? -- 11. I have fatty liver -- will it affect my heart? -- 12. I am only thirty-four, but my bones look like a sixty-five-year-old's -- 13. I want a second child -- the doctor says first be 'fit' -- Section Four: My Child's Story -- 14. My daughter is eighteen and has cysts in her ovary -- can she marry and have children? -- 15. My son is eighteen but still sounds feminine -- does he need hormones? -- 16. My nine-year-old girl is plump and has severe pancreatitis. Why? -- 17. My daughter is fifteen -- she has gallstones. So do I. Is there a connection? -- Section Five: My Relative's Story -- 18. My husband snores aloud -- the matter is beyond the bedroom now -- 19. My father had a stroke -- am I at risk? -- 20. My grandfather is seventy-five -- he has a grade 3 fatty liver and can't exercise. What to do? -- 21. I have severe acidity and gas -- my daughter has this too. Why? -- Section Six: I Know I Have a 'Manufacturing Issue' -- 22. Learning to handle it.
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Language:
English
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