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DIAGNOSTICS

IT IS USED TO DIAGNOSE AND TREAT CERTAIN CONDITIONS THAT AFFECTS THE FOOD TUBE (oesophagus), STOMACH AND BEGINNING OF SMALL INTESTINE (DUODENUM).
ENDOSCOPY IS ALSO USED FOR TO COLLECT TISSUE SAMPLES TO DIAGNOSE CONDITIONS SUCH AS, INFLAMMATION, INFECTION, DIARRHEA, AND CANCERS OF THE DIGESTIVE SYSTEM.

A COLONOSCOPY IS USED TO LOOK FOR CHANGES SUCH AS SWOLLEN, IRRITATED TISSUES, POLYPS OR CANCER IN THE LARGE INTESTINE (COLON) AND RECTUM.
COLONOSCOPY CAN HELP TO EXPLORE POSSIBLE CAUSE OF ABDOMINAL PAIN, RECTAL BLEEDING, CHRONIC DIARRHEA AND OTHER INTESTINAL PROBLEMS.
COLONOSCOPY MAY BE DONE FOR TREATMENT PURPOSES SUCH AS PLACING A STENT OR REMOVING AN OBJECT IN YOUR BODY.

DOPPLER IS THE VISUALISATION OF BLOOD VESSELS BY HIGH FREQUENCY SOUND WAVES (ULTRASOUND) .THERE ARE DIFFERENT TYPES OF DOPPLER STUDY LIKE LOWER LIMB DOPPLER,SCROTAL AND PENILE DOPPLER,PREGNANCY DOPPLER
USES: IT HELPS TO DIAGNOSE MANY CONDITIONS SUCH AS VARICOE VEINS, ISCHEMIAS OF LIMBS, A BLOCKED BLOOD VESSELDUE TO BLOOD CLOT, GROWTH RESTRICTION OF FETUS DURING PREGNANCY

ECHOCARDIOGRAM USES SOUND WAVES TO PRODUCE DETAILED IMAGES OF THE HEART.
THIS COMMON TEST ALLOWS TO SEE THEFUNCTIONING OF THE HEART. THE IMAGES OF THE FROM AN ECHOCARDIOGRAM HELPS TO IDENTIFY STRUCTURAL AND FUNCTIONAL DISORDERS.
IT HELPS TO VISUALISE THE VALVES AND CHAMBERS OF THE HEART, DETECTS CONGENITAL HEART DEFECTSIN A CHILD BEFORE BIRTH (FETAL ECHOCARDIOGRAM).

X RAYS CAN BE USED TO EXAMINE MOST AREAS OF THE BODY. THEY ARE MAINLY USED TO LOOK AT THE BONES AND JOINTS.
IT HELPS TO DETECT AND DIAGNOSE CONDITIONS OF THE SKULL, SINUS, SPINE, CHEST, BONE FRACTURES, BONE DENSITY IN OSTEOPOROSIS.

AN ULTRASOUND SCAN SOMETIMES CALLED A SONOGRAM IS USED A HIGH FREQUENCY SOUND WAVES TO CREATE AN IMAGE OF PART OF THE ORGAN INSIDE THE BODY.
NECK SCAN: USED TO IDENTIFY CONDITIONS OF THE THYROID GLAND TO LOOK FOR NODULES , ABNORMAL GROWTH AND VOCAL CORDS.
BREAST SCAN – USED TO INDENTIFY CONDITIONS SUCH AS BREAST LUMPS AND CYSTS.
ABDOMEN SCAN: USED TO IDENTIFY CONDITIONS SUCH AS , LIVER ENLARGEMENT , SPLEEN DISORDERS , GALL BLADDER INFLAMMATION , GALL BLADDER STONES , APPENDICITIS KIDNEY STONES , PANCREATITIS BLOATING OR EXPANDED INTESTINES , HERNIA , ABNORMAL GROWTHS IN THE STOMACH AND INTESTINES , OVARIAN CYSTS AND UTERUS FIBROIDS.
PREGNANCY SCAN : IT CAN BE USED TO DETECT DEVELOPMENT DEFECTS , ASSESS THE HEALTH OF THE BABY , IDENTIFY THE POSITION OF CORD AND AMOUNT OF AMNIOTIC FLUID.

THE TEST INCLUDE TEST ON THE BLOOD, BLOOD PROTEINS AND BLOOD PRODUCING ORGANS.
THIS TEST HELPS TO EVALUATE A VARIETY OF BLOOD CONDITIONS INCLUDING INFECTIONS, ANEMIA, INFLAMMATION, LEUKEMIA, BLOOD CLOTTING DISORDERS ETC.
CBC, RFT, VITAMIN B12 DEFICIENCY TEST.

IN A PULMONARY FUNCTION TEST, A PERSON BREATHES INTO A MOUTHPIECE THAT IS CONNECTED TO AN INSTRUMENT CALLED A SPIROMETER. SPIROMETRY IS USED TO ASSESS HOW WELL YOUR LUNGS WORK BY MEASURING HOW MUCH AIR YOU INHALE; HOW MUCH YOU EXHALE AND HOW QUICKLY YOU EXHALE. IN A SPIROMETRY TEST, A PERSON BREATHES INTO A MOUTHPIECE THAT IS CONNECTED TO AN INSTRUMENT CALLED A SPIROMETER.
SPIROMETRY IS USED TO DIAGNOSE ASTHMA, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE (COPD) AND OTHER CONDITIONS THAT AFFECT BREATHING LIKE ASTHMA , CHRONIC BRONCHITIS , EMPHYSEMA , PULMONARY FIBROSIS.

THE BIOCHEMISTRY PROFILE IS A SERIES OF BLOOD TEST USED TO EVALUATE THE FUNCTIONAL CAPACITY OF SEVERAL CRITICAL ORGANS AND SYSTEMS, SUCH AS LIVER AND KIDNEYS
DIABETES: HBA1C, FBS AND PPBS
RENAL FUCTION: UREA AND CREATININE
GOUT: URIC ACID. ETC

SEROLOGY TEST DETECT THE PRESENCE OF ANTIBODIES IN THE BLOOD FROM THE BODY’S ADOPTIVE IMMUNE RESPONSE TO AN INFECTION.
DIABETES: HBA1C, FBS AND PPBS
EXAMPLE: COVID, HIV, INFLUENZA.
EXAMPLE FOR TEST: COVID RT PCR, NUCLIC ACID TEST, ANTIGEN /ANTIBODY TEST.

CYTOPATHOLOGY: INVOLVES THE STUDY OF CHANGES IN CELLS AND VERY IMPORTANT IN THE DIAGNOSIS OF CANCER.
MEDICAL MICROBIOLOGY: STUDY OF INFECTIOUS ORGANISMS. IDENTIFICATION AND ADVISE OF TREATMENT MODALITIES.
IMMUNOLOGY: INVOLVES THE STUDY OF THE IMMUNE SYSTEM AND DISORDERS CAUSED BY A MALFUNCTIONING IMMUNE SYSTEM.