Unfortunately, patients do not present with textbook diagnoses in practice, but rather with symptoms that allow for various conclusions. This book focuses on the 100 most common symptoms in general medicine and provides lists of the most important, rarer, and exotic differential diagnoses for each symptom. And because common conditions are frequent, there is a table for the five most important differential diagnoses that enables the rapid formulation of a suspected diagnosis based on five guiding clinical criteria, as well as suggestions for standard and specialized examinations. Each symptom presentation is rounded off with important pitfalls and warnings. A detailed index also allows for the lookup of rare symptoms and medication effects.