Prompted by a wide range of readers' experiences of unexplained ailments, the highly respected Dr James Le Fanu builds on the success of his popular Sunday Telegraph newspaper column In Sickness and In Health and has examined a vast array of documented 'mystery' symptoms.

This book is the result, a collection of bizarre and GP-defying Mystery Syndromes, their symptoms and possible cures. Starting with general aches and pains and then concentrating on specific parts of the body, each symptom is given a description, together with documented facts and anecdotes on the complaint. Finally a series of reader-recommended cures is suggested, alongside Dr Le Fanu's suggestions on what the real cause of the Mystery Syndrome might be.

Includes minor complaints and more serious ones, so whether you suffer from burning feet in bed, palpitations on waking or sneeze continuously whenever you pick up a magazine, your mystery syndrome may well find its cure here.