Postpartum Depression

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There is not a specific test that diagnoses postpartum depression. Your healthcare provider will evaluate you at your postpartum visit. This visit may include discussing your health history, how you’ve felt since delivery, a physical exam, pelvic exam and lab tests. Many providers schedule visits at two or three weeks postpartum to screen for depression. This ensures you get the help you …

Depersonalization-Derealization Disorder

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Your mental healthcare provider will ask a series of questions about your symptoms. They’ll look for other mental health conditions (comorbidities) like: Depression. Anxiety. Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Personality disorders. If you don’t have another diagnosis that more clearly fits, you’re not coming off medication and your experiences aren’t related to mood-altering substances like drugs or alcohol, they may …

Dengue Fever

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Dengue fever is diagnosed with a blood test. Your healthcare provider will take a sample of blood through a vein and send it to a lab to look for signs of dengue virus. This may also identify which of the four versions you have. Your provider can use a blood test to look for other viruses that cause similar symptoms.

Lewy Body Dementia

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Lewy body dementia (LBD) is a type of dementia in which Lewy bodies are present in your brain. Lewy bodies are clumps of proteins that build up inside certain neurons (brain cells). They cause damage to neurons in the areas of your brain that affect mental capabilities, behavior, movement and sleep. Lewy body dementia is a progressive disease, meaning symptoms start slowly …

Frontotemporal Dementia

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A healthcare provider, usually a neurologist, can diagnose FTD based on your medical history and a physical and neurological examination (where a healthcare provider looks for signs and symptoms of a problem). Some lab tests are also possible, and imaging tests are important because they can show areas of your brain where deterioration is happening. In addition to neurological examinations, healthcare providers …

Dementia

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Confirming a diagnosis of dementia can be difficult. Many diseases and conditions can cause or lead to dementia. In addition, many of its symptoms are common to many other illnesses. Your healthcare provider will: Ask about the course of your symptoms. Ask about your medical history. Review your current medications. Ask about your family history of disease including dementia. They …

Delirium

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A healthcare provider diagnoses delirium based on a combination of methods. These include: A physical exam. A neurological exam. Observing your behavior and any symptoms you show. Talking to you and asking questions. A review of your medical history. Lab testing. What tests will be done to diagnose this condition? There aren’t any lab or diagnostic tests that can diagnose delirium …

Delayed Sleep Phase

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To diagnose delayed sleep phase syndrome, a healthcare provider or sleep specialist will ask you to describe your symptoms and keep a sleep diary or sleep log. A sleep log is a record of the time when you: Go to bed. Fall asleep. Wake up. It helps to keep a notepad and pen near your bed so you don’t forget …

Gastroparesis

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A healthcare provider will ask you about your symptoms and health history, including conditions and procedures that can cause gastroparesis. They’ll use imaging tests to look inside your stomach to make sure there’s nothing physically obstructing it, which might cause the same symptoms. If they don’t find an obstruction, they’ll follow up with gastric motility tests, which evaluate your stomach …

Delayed Ejaculation

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A healthcare provider will ask you questions about your medical history, sexual habits and ejaculation patterns. Questions may include: When did you first notice you had problems ejaculating? Does delayed ejaculation happen a lot, or only sometimes? Are you able to ejaculate when you masturbate? Are you able to ejaculate when you have sexual intercourse? If you can ejaculate, how …