How tests are used to make a diagnosis.
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Diagnosis; introduction
I have been warned; trying to help people become better diagnosticians may be a fool’s errand. The primary expertise of a physician, after all, resides in their ability to diagnose a malady that causes your complaints. I claim, and my first book directly addresses, that the best decision maker for treatments is you; you are […]
Diagnosis; chapter 1
Making a diagnosis is a process of managing uncertainty. When we are ill, our body responds with “symptoms and signs”. A symptom is a tangible feeling such as pain. A sign is a detectable physical alteration. The body is wonderfully complex in function (biochemistry, pathology, embryology, genetics, for examples) but relatively limited in how it […]