Medical Diagnostics: Is it Important?

chillibreeze writer — Namrata Chaturvedi

Diagnosis in medical science means recognition of a disease and disease causing agent. Medical diagnosis is defined as the process of identifying a disease, its sign, symptom and causative agent through various diagnostic techniques.

Diagnosis comes from the Greek words: “dia” which means to split apart and “gnosis” means to learn.

Medical diagnostics is very important for the diagnosis of a disease. It helps the doctors and physicians to come up with a solution based on the results obtained from the diagnostic procedures. The advices and medicines prescribed by the doctors or physicians are all based on the basis of the diagnosis of the disease or disorder.

The medical tests that are commonly performed these days are blood test, urine test, fecal test, glucose test, saliva test, electrocardiogram, etc. Measuring the blood pressure a nd weight, and checking of the pulse rate are also common.

The diagnosis begins when a patient consults a medical professional and describes his/her signs and symptoms of the disease. Based on the complaints, and after observation of the patient, the doctor prescribes certain medical tests that help him/her plan the follow up. This is called physical examination of the patient. All these observations are then noted by the professional in the medical records and stored for further use. Once the diagnosis is complete, the provider checks the report and explains the treatment plan to the patient.

Ultrasounds, X rays, radiography, MRI (Magnetic Resonance Imaging), etc are also examples of medical tests or diagnoses.

Advances in medicine have made the diagnosis more easy and accurate. Apart from these benefits, there are risk factors associated with the medical diagnostics. If the diagnosis is false, then it might lead to wrong interpretation by the medical professionals and sometimes, even the death of the patient. Some risks are indirect such as stress of testing and false positive test results.

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Namrata Pandey has a Masters in Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology and has worked as a lecturer at a women’s college. She has also contributed articles to various science journals. Namrata is currently based at Chennai.

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