'Minor' Illness Symptoms

Management of minor illness.

Self-care for minor illness.

AIM To describe experiences with and knowledge of minor illness, self-care interventions used in minor illness and channels of information used when providing self-care for minor illness. BACKGROUND Although minor illness is self-limiting, symptoms can be substantial and have a great impact on the affected person's wellbeing. Possibilities to seek and find information about health and self-ca...

Large spontaneous pneumothorax with relatively minor symptoms.

To cite: Morrison TEM. BMJ Case Rep Published online: [please include Day Month Year] doi:10.1136/bcr-2013009531 DESCRIPTION A 40-year-old gentleman presented to emergency department (ED) with sudden onset of right-sided chest pain, largely subsided on admission. He was an ex-smoker with a history of basal cell carcinoma and patella fracture. Trachea was central on examination, with absence of ...

Referral for minor mental illness: a qualitative study.

BACKGROUND Mild depression and anxiety are common problems in general practice. They can be managed by the general practitioner (GP) alone or referred. Previous quantitative studies have shown a large variation between GPs in terms of referral behaviour. The reasons for this variation are not fully understood. AIM To describe and analyse GP's decision-making processes when considering who sho...

Impact of Birth-weight on Adult Minor Illness

There is now well-established evidence that low birthweight has important health implications beyond infancy and childhood as suggested by the fetal origins of disease theory1. It postulates that in utero under-nutrition leads to permanent changes to the physiology and metabolism of the body, in part explaining the higher incidence of cardiovascular illnesses,2,3 stroke,4 and type 2 diabetes5 i...