visit a pathology lab and find out how various tests of blood help to diagnose a disease.
Answers
Answer:
sure I will visit definitely
Explanation:
Answer:
Hope it's helpful to you mark as branliest
Explanation:
Blood and pathology tests leave many people squeamish, but they’re an important part of detecting, diagnosing and treating disease. In fact, if you’re sick, many decisions about your care will come down to the results of your blood and pathology tests.
Pathology means the study of disease and its causes and progression. Pathology tests cover blood tests, and tests on urine, stools (faeces) and bodily tissues.
A pathologist interprets the results of blood and pathology tests and looks for abnormalities that may point to disease, such as cancer and other chronic illnesses, or health risks, such as pre-diabetes.
There are nine specialisations in pathology:
chemical pathology – looks at the chemicals in blood and other bodily fluids
haematology – explores blood disorders
anatomical pathology – looks at disease in human tissue – for the most part this is body tissue surgically removed from living patients. Cytopathology (the study of disease at a cellular level) is a subspecialty of anatomical pathology
medical microbiology – investigates infection caused by bacteria, viruses, fungi and parasites
immunopathology – looks at immune responses to disease
genetic pathology – looks at genetic diseases
forensic pathology – used to discover the cause of sudden or unexpected death, or in cases where the police suspect a death was not due to natural causes
general pathology – concerned with all aspects of laboratory investigation of disease
clinical pathology – the diagnosis of disease using laboratory testing.
Reasons to have a blood or pathology test
Apart from detecting and diagnosing disease, blood and pathology tests are important for:
treating disease
monitoring disease progression
preventing disease (for example, a Pap smear or mammogram may reduce the risk of some common women’s cancers through early detection)
determining future risk of disease (for example, looking at cholesterol levels or the risk of inherited conditions such as familial breast cancer)
aiding research into new treatments, and safety of treatments and procedures.
If your doctor or specialist sends you for blood and pathology tests, it’s because there’s some concern about your health (or you’re at an age where health risks may be more likely) and a test is an effective way of discovering whether there’s a problem. You may be sent for blood and pathology tests to:
screen for disease – screening may pick up a disease in its early stages, sometimes even before you’re aware you have it, or a genetic or inherited disorder
look for potential health risks – many risks to your health, such as diabetes, heart disease, or rheumatoid arthritis, can be detected with blood and pathology tests.