Medical Glossary of signs & symptoms

This is not a medical dictionary; and neither will it take over from a doctor doing their job. Simply, it would assist them in unusual cases, or in cases where the signs and symptoms aren't as common as the usual ones.

A medical dictionary gives meanings of common medical terms, abbreviations, and medical names etc, whereas the glossary works like this:

In a similar searching format to I-tunes, where every letter you type narrows down your search. This format allows for mistakes in spelling etc. Using a simpler search requires the whole word to be searched and for no results to show up if a grammatical error has occurred.

1.A DOCTOR types in a sign or symptom. Eg; He/She types in 'Pins' it comes up with: Pins & needles (of the head) Pins & needles (of the hands) Pins & needles (of the feet) ETC.

2. He/She selects one or more of the symptoms and drags it into the patients file. (The DR creates a file for the patient which lasts approx 1 month before self-deletion, it takes up too much room to keep all the files, and once the doc has had assistance with diagnoses he can move on to the treatment etc). These files can be saved at another location, for example under the Patient’s actual file at their chosen medical centre.

3. Step 3 is when most signs and symptoms have been collected into the patient's file. The DOC then clicks open the file. There are two columns in a window. LEFT COL: "Signs & Symptoms collected" RIGHT COL: Possible Diagnosis'

Out of these possible diagnoses, the doctor may wipe some out by simply un-ticking the box. He may wipe them out because out of his knowledge he sees the diagnoses may not be possible, (eg: Pins & Needles = Broken Arm, But no Pain in Arm etc) or by going through possibilities and asking the patient about further symptoms that they haven't mentioned.

Obviously, this program isn't needed in every case. Not for a simple cold, or an infection etc, the doctor’s still need to do their jobs’. It's for those times when a doctor is unsure, and doesn't want to let the patient know - so without the dangerous science of guessing and misdiagnosis, here at DR’s service is the “Medical Glossary of Signs and Symptoms VOL 1”.

Of course this needs work, but that’s what i've come up with so far. Very welcome to suggestions, not keen on rudeness or meanness - i don’t likey :(

NB* "patient files" on the right of the picture would obviously be in alphabetically order, and most probably just be the most recent files used. Maybe about 10 or 20 could be shown...

LAST THING: Learning is often not from being taught - by using this program. Imagine how much one could learn!