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| Acknowledgments | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Body signs Panel of Medical Experts | |
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| Your Hair: The Long and the Short of It | |
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| Hair Texture Changes | |
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| Hair Color Changes | |
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| Spotty or Patchy Hair Loss | |
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| Balding in Men | |
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| Hair Loss in Women | |
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| Hair Shedding | |
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| Born (Hair) Free | |
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| Losing Eyebrows or Eyelashes | |
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| Losing Chest and Body Hair | |
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| Losing Pubic Hair | |
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| Hair in All the Wrong Places | |
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| Very Hairy Men | |
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| Reading Your Eyes | |
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| Circles Under the Eyes | |
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| Bags Under the Eyes | |
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| Creases Under The Eyes | |
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| Droopy Eyelids | |
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| Bulging Eyes | |
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| Inside-out Eyelids | |
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| Growths on the Eyelid | |
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| Lumps and Bumps on the Eyeball | |
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| Bloodshot Eyes | |
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| Yellow Eyes | |
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| Spots on the Eyes | |
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| Rings Around the Iris | |
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| Different-Sized Pupils | |
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| Eye Color | |
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| Tears | |
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| Eye Twitches | |
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| Darting Eyes | |
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| Floaters | |
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| Flashes | |
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| Phantom Visions | |
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| Light Sensitivity | |
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| Night Blindness | |
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| Color-Vision Changes | |
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| Listening to Your Ears | |
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| Red Ears | |
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| Earlobe Crease | |
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| Misshapen Ears | |
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| Too Much Earwax | |
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| Watery Ear Discharge | |
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| Itchy Ears | |
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| Stuffy Ears | |
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| Ringing in Your Ears | |
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| Hearing Your Heartbeat | |
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| Sensitivity to Sound | |
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| Hearing a Loud Explosion When Sleeping | |
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| Hearing Sounds That Others Don't | |
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| Gradual Hearing Loss | |
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| Sudden Hearing Loss | |
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| Your Nose Knows | |
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| A Red Nose | |
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| A Bulbous Nose | |
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| A Crease over the Nose | |
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| Sun Sneezing | |
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| Inability to Sneeze | |
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| Snoring | |
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| A Very Runny Nose | |
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| A Dry Nose | |
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| A Smelly Nose | |
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| Smelling Problems | |
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| Read My Lips...and Mouth | |
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| Puffy Lips | |
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| Pursed Lips | |
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| Dry, Cracked Lips | |
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| Blue Lips | |
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| Burning, Tingling Lips or Mouth | |
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| Lip or Mouth Freckles | |
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| White or Gray Patches in Your Mouth | |
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| White Streaks in the Mouth | |
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| Red or Swollen Gums | |
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| A Bump or Hole on the Roof of Your Mouth | |
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| A Dry Mouth or Excessive Thirst | |
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| Watery Mouth | |
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| Black Hairy Tongue | |
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| White Hairy Tongue | |
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| Beefy Red Tongue | |
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| Groovy Tongue | |
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| A Smooth Tongue | |
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| Traveling Tongue Patches | |
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| Twitchy Tongue | |
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| Diminished or Distorted Sense of Taste | |
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| A Metallic or Terrible Taste | |
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| Supersensitive Taste | |
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| Sweet, Fruity Breath | |
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| Garlic Breath | |
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| Urine- or Ammonia-Smelling Breath | |
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| Fishy Breath | |
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| Fecal Breath | |
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| Yellow-Brown Teeth | |
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| Greenish or Metallic-Colored Teeth | |
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| Bluish Gray Teeth | |
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| Spotted Teeth | |
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| Blackish Teeth | |
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| Indented or Notched Teeth | |
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| Smooth, Glassy-Looking Teeth | |
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| Cracked Teeth | |
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| Telling the Truth: Your Throat, Voice, Neck, and Jaw | |
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| Lumps on the Front of the Neck | |
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| Lumps Elsewhere on the Neck | |
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| A Lump in the Throat | |
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| A Lump on the Jaw | |
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| Clicking Jaw | |
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| Stiff Jaw | |
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| Receding or Thrusting Chin | |
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| Frequent Yawning | |
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| Excessive Hiccupping | |
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| Chronic Coughing | |
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| Colored Phlegm | |
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| A Hoarse, Raspy Voice | |
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| A Sporadically Hoarse Voice | |
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| Frequent Throat Clearing | |
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| Trembly Voice | |
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| Slurred Speech | |
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| Suddenly Speaking with a Foreign Accent | |
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| Speaking Too Loudly or Too Softly | |
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| The Main Body of Evidence: Your Torso and Extremities | |
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| Mismatched Breasts | |
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| A Lump in the Breast | |
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| Lumpy Breasts | |
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| Swollen, Discolored Breasts | |
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| Enlarged Breasts in Men | |
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| Extra Breasts | |
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| Triple Nipples | |
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| Inverted Nipples | |
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| Crusty Nipples | |
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| Leaky Nipples | |
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| Apple-Shaped Body | |
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| Sudden or Unexplained Weight Change | |
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| Shrinking | |
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| Curved Back | |
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| Hunched Back | |
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| Unsteadiness | |
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| Stiff, Rigid Gait | |
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| Double-Jointedness | |
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| Stiff Joints | |
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| Creaky Knees | |
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| Being Left-Handed | |
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| Knobby Knuckles | |
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| Club-Like Fingers | |
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| Curled Fingers | |
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| Bump on the Wrist or Hand | |
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| Twisted Toes | |
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| A Bump on Your Heel | |
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| Body Tingling and Numbness | |
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| Numb or Tingly Extremities | |
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| That Funny-Bone Feeling | |
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| Tingly, Numb Fingers | |
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| Tingly, Numb Feet | |
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| Night Jerks | |
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| Jittery Legs | |
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| Leg Cramps During the Night | |
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| Leg Cramps During the Day | |
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| Tremors | |
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| Feeling Your Heart Beat | |
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| Cold Hands and Feet | |
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| Feeling Cold All Over | |
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| Feeling Hot When It's Not | |
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| Private Parts, Farts, and Body Wastes | |
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| Crooked Penis | |
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| A Prolonged Erection | |
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| Spotted Penis | |
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| Scrotal Swelling | |
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| A Swollen Penis Head | |
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| A Lump on the Testicle | |
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| Red Ejaculate | |
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| Penile Discharge | |
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| Vaginal Farts | |
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| Vaginal Discharge | |
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| A Gurgling Stomach | |
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| Excessive Burping | |
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| Frequent Farting | |
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| Feeling Bloated | |
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| Green Stools | |
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| Orange Stools | |
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| Red or Maroon Stools | |
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| Black, Tarry Stools | |
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| Pale Poop | |
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| Floating Feces | |
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| Greasy, Smelly Stools | |
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| Slimy Stools | |
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| Skinny Stools | |
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| Colored Urine | |
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| Smelly Urine | |
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| Sweet Pee | |
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| Foamy Urine | |
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| Cloudy Urine | |
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| Frequent Urination | |
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| Leaking Urine | |
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| Profuse Perspiration | |
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| Night Sweats | |
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| No Sweat | |
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| Smelly Sweat | |
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| Scratching the Surface: Your Nails and Skin | |
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| Changing Nail Colors | |
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| Strange Markings | |
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| Misshapen Nails | |
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| Texture Transformations | |
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| Unusual Skin Colors | |
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| Facial Marks and Masks | |
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| Body Patches and Patterns | |
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| Spots and Veins | |
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| Visible Veins | |
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| Lumps and Bumps | |
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| Texture Changes | |
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| Body Signs Review: Multisystem Diseases and Their Signs | |
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| Body of Resources: Recommended Websites and Books | |
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| My Body Signs Checkup Checklist | |
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| Index | |
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| About the Authors | |