The Complete Manual of Things That Might Kill You: A Guide to Self-Diagnosis for Hypochondriacs Hardcover – Complete, September 21, 2007

My grandson found this book on Amazon that he thought he may enjoy reading. I bought "used" because books are really expensive. The "used" book came in very good condition. Shipping was really fast. As for the content in the book, it is very interesting to read. It has ailments and diseases that you wouldn't even think about. I certainly wouldn't use the book for professional medical advice but it is kind of fun, humorous reading.

Great medical reference book.

Purchased this book for my hypochondriac sister, and man, is it thorough. She didn't seem as amused, but I guarantee she reads this thing every time she has a cough.

As a current germaphobe, hypochondriac I thoroughly enjoy this book. I like the setup of diseases and how its categorized. It's also slightly humorous so it helps to calm down anxiety from hypochondria. Fun book to read or to do research rather then googling.

Wouldn't you know that the very first thing I read about, I actually have! Luckily, it's something that just *seems* as if it'll kill you, but won't actually do so. (I checked with the doctor a month before I bought this book.) I can't wait to find out what this tingling in my left arm and tightness in my jaw is!

Bought this as a gift for a hypochondriac friend and it turns out to be something I might purchase for mu=yself as a reference just because of the way it's organized. If you stomach hurts, for example, you can just go to that section and find possible reasons. Very informative.

In truth, I have yet to read this book. I just have it out on my coffee table, because it adds to my image. People expect crap like this from me, and I hate disappointing people. This one time, back in grade school, I disappointed the boy I liked, and then he died. His mom told me that he simply went away to live with his dad, but I am not buying it. He died.

This was a book my grandson and I saw at a store at a much higher price....he found it very interesting....

As a hypochondriac this is probably the one book I should not read, however as a masochist I couldn't resist it. What can go wrong will go wrong and this lists some of the more entertaining ways in which the body gives up. If you don't have a sense of humour then this book isn't for you as it does list some of the more improbable ways your body has of getting it's own back. It also covers some of the history of hypochodriacs and medicine in general and some of the more scary things that medics were doing to people in the name of curing them not so long ago - focal sepsis a case in point. What really amused me was the use of checklists: e.g. If you have a headache you might have.....going into a number of alternative diagnoses of what the headache may mean. I gave my brother in law a copy of the book for his birthday because within the family he is known as a pathological hypochondriac and after reading it he took to his bed for a month! Great fun. I can thoroughly recommend it.

My family physician told me he was retiring so I ordered him this book to show him this is what he was going to drive me to. He laughed quite hard. My doc has an awesome sense of humour though. I hope when he comes across it during his daily activities he feels bad for the professional he unleashed me in with all my anxieties. :)

This was purchased as a gift. It was meant to be a bit of light hearted fun aimed not because the person in question is a hypochondriac but because we all are! It was well received and will no doubt be picked up and read over and over... by us all!

Funny book!

Bought this as a gift, it is funny but also informative, anyone who likes health or has health anxiety will enjoy this.