New and Updated Topics
Updated Symptom Topics
A primary care physician and/or a specialist in the field reviewed the following topics. All information has been verified for medical accuracy, and new medical information has been added if available.
- Blisters: Information on blood blisters has been added to the Overview and Home Treatment sections.
- Bruises and Blood Spots Under the Skin: This topic has undergone a new medical review and was found to be accurate and up-to-date.
- Change in Heartbeat: The Topic Overview now mentions that older adults may have extra heartbeats. Information on using an automatic external defibrillator has been added to the Emergencies section. We have changed the slow heartbeat question from 50 to 60 beats per minute in the Check Your Symptoms section.
- Chest Pain: In the Topic Overview we have added aortic dissection to the list of serious problems causing chest pain. The aspirin dose in the Emergencies and Check Your Symptoms sections has been updated.
- Facial Injuries: We have added a question about double vision after an eye socket injury to the Check Your Symptoms section. Symptoms to watch for during home treatment now include numbness or tingling. The time frame for stopping facial bleeding has been clarified.
- Facial Problems, Noninjury: This topic has undergone a new medical review and was found to be accurate and up-to-date.
- Fever, Age 3 and Younger: Questions on mild difficulty breathing, a rash that looks like a sunburn, and mild dehydration have been added to the Check Your Symptoms section.
- Fever, Age 4 and Older: The aspirin dose in the Emergencies section has been updated. In the Check Your Symptoms section we have added questions on sensitivity to light and wheezing. Also in Check Your Symptoms we have updated the time frames in the fever question for the number of days with a fever.
- Fever Seizures: The Topic Overview now contains information from the American Academy of Pediatrics on the number of children affected by fever seizures. We have added epiglottis to the Emergencies section. The Check Your Symptoms section now contains a question on a rash that looks like a sunburn.
- Groin Problems and Injuries: The question about having peripheral artery disease has been deleted from the Check Your Symptoms section, because there is not a strong relationship to groin problems. Information on jock itch was updated.
- Male Genital Problems and Injuries: We have updated time frames in the pain and rash questions in the Check Your Symptoms section.
- Nosebleeds: We have added the use of antiseptic nasal cream after a nosebleed to the Home Treatment section.
- Nose Injuries: We have updated the triage and time frames in the Check Your Symptoms section.
- Objects in the Nose: This topic has undergone a new medical review and was found to be accurate and up-to-date.
- Rectal Problems: This topic has undergone a new medical review and was found to be accurate and up-to-date.
- Swollen Glands and Other Lumps Under the Skin: This topic has undergone a new medical review and was found to be accurate and up-to-date.
- Urinary Problems and Injuries, Age 11 and Younger: In the Topic Overview we no longer include discharge from vagina in the UTI symptom list for children age 2 or older.
- Urinary Problems and Injuries, Age 12 and Older: Interstitial cystitis has been added to the Topic Overview. The fever question in the kidney infection question has been upgraded from a yellow to a red triage in the Check Your Symptoms section. Also in Check Your Symptoms the age groups in the question about increased urination without an obvious cause have been combined into one question with yellow triage.
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