Your healthcare provider can diagnose swine flu (H1N1). They may perform a physical exam and ask you about your symptoms. Your provider may order a rapid flu test. A rapid flu test checks for several different flu viruses. It may take a few days to get the H1N1 test results back.
Your provider diagnoses the flu by listening to your symptoms and testing a sample of mucus from your nose. They’ll put a long stick with a soft tip (swab) in your nose to test for influenza. Results may take a few minutes or your provider may send the sample to a lab, where you’ll get results in a day or two.
Your healthcare provider will ask you about your medical history. You’ll also have a physical exam to carefully evaluate your symptoms. They may use a stethoscope to listen to you breathe, listening for abnormal sounds (like crackling). Pulmonary fibrosis can look a lot like other, more common lung diseases, which can make diagnosis challenging. Your provider may also order one …
Your healthcare provider will diagnose interstitial lung disease by doing a physical exam, getting imaging of your lungs and testing your lung function. During your exam, they’ll listen to your lungs for any unusual sounds that tell them your lungs aren’t working right. They’ll ask you about: Your medical history and any ongoing conditions. Medications you’re taking or have taken …
A healthcare provider will diagnose fibromyalgia with a physical exam and discussion of your health history. They’ll ask about your symptoms and when you first noticed them. There’s no test that can diagnose fibromyalgia. Usually, diagnosing it is part of a differential diagnosis — a medical process of elimination. Your provider will make a diagnosis by comparing several conditions with related symptoms. …
Sometimes a healthcare provider detects FMD during a routine physical examination (such as hearing a bruit). The condition also may be discovered during tests for other conditions. If a healthcare provider suspects you have fibromuscular dysplasia, they may order the following tests: CT scan. MRI. Ultrasound. Angiography, which uses dye and X-rays to look at your arteries.
A healthcare provider can tell you for sure if you have fibrocystic breast changes or if your symptoms are or aren’t due to something more serious. They’ll begin by asking about your symptoms and taking your full medical history. Then, they may perform all or some of the following: Breast exam Mammogram Ultrasound If the lump is large, your provider …
Contact your healthcare provider anytime you notice a breast lump or breast changes. Some fibroadenomas are too small to notice. If you or your healthcare provider finds a lump, your provider may perform these tests to determine what type of lump you have: Imaging scans, including mammogram and ultrasound. Image-guided core needle breast biopsy. This test involves removing a sample of the fibroadenoma and …
To evaluate a fever, your care provider may: Ask questions about your symptoms and medical history Perform a physical exam Take nasal or throat samples to test for respiratory infections Order tests, such as blood tests or a chest X-ray, as needed, based on your medical history and physical exam Because a fever can indicate a serious illness in a …
Your healthcare provider may order an ultrasound to check the fetal weight and amount of amniotic fluid. An ultrasound is a diagnostic procedure that transmits high-frequency sound waves through body tissues. These waves transform into video or photographic images. Ultrasound can only estimate a fetus’s weight within about 10%. For instance, if the ultrasound estimates your baby is 9 pounds, that’s the …