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What is diagnostic imaging?
Diagnostic imaging refers to technologies that doctors use to look inside your body for clues about a medical condition. A variety of machines and techniques can create pictures of the structures and activities inside your body. The technology your doctor uses will depend on your symptoms and the part of your body being examined. X-rays, CT scans, nuclear medicine scans, MRI scans and ultrasound are all types of diagnostic imaging. Many imaging tests are painless and easy. Some require you to stay still for a long time inside a machine, though. This can be uncomfortable. Certain tests involve radiation, but these are generally considered safe because the dosage is very low.
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Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) uses a large magnet and radio waves to look at organs and structures inside your body. Health care professionals use MRI scans to diagnose a variety of conditions, from torn ligaments to tumors. MRIs are very useful for examining the brain and spinal cord. During the scan, you lie on a table that slides inside a tunnel-shaped machine. Doing the scan can take a long time, and you must stay still. The scan is painless. The MRI machine makes a lot of noise. The technician may offer you earplugs.
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Hypoglycemia
To diagnose hypoglycemia, your doctor will use Whipple's triad, a diagnostic approach named after the American surgeon Allen Whipple. Whipple's triad includes the following factors: Signs and symptoms of hypoglycemia. You may not exhibit signs and symptoms of hypoglycemia during your initial visit with your doctor. In this case, your doctor may have you fast overnight. This will allow hypoglycemic symptoms to occur so that he or she can make a diagnosis. It's also possible that you'll need to undergo an extended fast in a hospital setting. Or, if your symptoms occur after a meal, your doctor will want to test your glucose levels after a meal. Documentation of low blood glucose when the signs...
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Cytology exam of urine
The diagnosis of cancer or inflammatory disease cannot be made exclusively by this test. The results are confirmed by other diagnostic tests or procedures.
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E. coli
To diagnose illness caused by E. coli infection, your doctor will send a sample of your stool to a laboratory to test for the presence of E. coli bacteria. The bacteria may be cultured to confirm the diagnosis and identify specific toxins, such as those produced by E. coli O157:H7.
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Hypopituitarism
To diagnose hypopituitarism, there must be low hormone levels due to a problem with the pituitary gland. The diagnosis must also rule out diseases of the organ that is affected by this hormone.
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Ehlers-Danlos syndrome
To diagnose Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, your doctor will likely begin with a complete physical examination and a careful recording of your medical and family histories. Extremely loose joints, fragile skin and a family history of EDS may lead to a diagnosis. Your doctor may also order the following tests: Genetic tests. DNA testing is available for classical type EDS, vascular type EDS, kyphoscoliosis type EDS and arthrochalasis type EDS. Prenatal DNA testing and preimplantation genetic diagnosis, a method that tests embryos obtained by in vitro fertilization, may be available for families in which the disease-causing mutation has been identified. Urine test. A urine test is available to help...
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Progeria
No diagnostic test confirms progeria. Doctors typically make a diagnosis based on signs and symptoms, such as failure to grow and hair loss, that typically aren't fully evident until your child is nearly 2. However, with the discovery of the genetic mutation that causes progeria, it's possible to use genetic testing for LMNA mutations at the first suspicion of progeria. The sooner you know your child has progeria, the sooner your doctor can recommend treatments that may help ease the signs and symptoms of the disorder.
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Kidney Stones
Your GP will usually be able to diagnose a kidney stone from your symptoms. However, a number of different diagnostic techniques may be used to help confirm the diagnosis, or to identify precisely where a kidney stone is. These include...
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Pneumococcal infections
A number of different diagnostic tests are used to diagnose pneumococcal infections. Which tests you have will depend on your particular symptoms.
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Reflux
In most cases, gastro-oesophageal reflux disease (GORD) can be diagnosed by your GP asking you about your symptoms. Further testing is not usually required but, if it is, there are a number of different ways that GORD can be confirmed. A procedure known as an endoscopy is the main diagnostic procedure that is used.
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Non-specific urethritis
If you think that you have non-specific urethritis (NSU), you should visit your local genito-urinary medicine (GUM) clinic, sexual health clinic, or family planning clinic. These clinics have access to specialist diagnostic equipment that is probably not readily available to your GP.
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