What to do if you feel pain? Take medication, go to the doctor or call an emergency . After all, pain is always a signal of danger, trouble in the body. This book is about what to do and how to do it, and how to do it in this book, designed for a wide range of readers .. Everyone felt the pain[edit] Pain - a signal of trouble in the body, a signal of danger. What to do if something is sick? In some cases, it is enough to just relax, relax, in others - "to go on a diet", in the third - to urgently call an ambulance, but in no case should you leave the pain unattended. Pain is the most common symptom of the disease, but in the vast majority of cases it is not the only one, so a decision should be made only after a careful study of the totality of painful manifestations. And, of course, with the help of a doctor. This book is neither a textbook nor a self-help manual. It describes typical manifestations of the most common diseases. Its authors - one of the leading specialists of St. Petersburg in emergency medicine - talk about how to act in a particular case, how to properly provide first aid, what to do in dangerous situations before the arrival of the doctor. Where possible, no specific terms were used in the text. Those that are used are given in their official meaning and explained, and at the end of the book is a dictionary with explanations. In addition, for the convenience of readers, the book is equipped with a subject index, which makes it easy to find the necessary material. The publisher hopes that this book will be useful to a wide range of readers and will help prevent severe complications of diseases that occur when making wrong decisions.