Your healthcare provider will diagnose contact dermatitis after taking a complete medical history, performing a physical exam and reviewing your symptoms. There isn’t a test to identify the cause of irritant contact dermatitis, but your provider will ask questions to learn more about your environment, things you’ve come into contact with and the location and size of your rash. These questions could …

To diagnose constipation, your child’s healthcare provider will ask about your child’s symptoms and medical history and perform a physical examination. They’ll ask you about your child’s: Bathroom and bowel movement patterns. Diet and eating habits. Toilet training. Health problems (if any). Medications (if any). During the physical exam, your child’s healthcare provider will check your child’s belly. They’ll want to …

Talking to a healthcare provider — or anyone — about your bowel movements (or lack of them) may not be the most pleasant of topics. But know that your provider is there for you. They’re a trained healthcare professional who’s discussed just about every health topic you can think of with their patients. Your provider will begin by asking you …

Eye care specialists usually aren’t the ones to diagnose conjunctivitis. Instead, 80% of diagnoses come from primary care providers and pediatricians. Urgent care and emergency room providers also diagnose many cases. Providers may also recommend taking a swab to test for bacterial infections. To do that, they’ll use a soft-tipped swab to collect some of the fluid oozing from your eye for lab …

Conjoined twins can be identified as early as 12-weeks prenatally through imaging tests, including: Ultrasound. MRI. If imaging tests show that twins are conjoined, healthcare providers will try to predict potential complications. Then they’ll make a plan to address them at the time of birth.

To diagnose heart failure, your health care provider examines you and asks questions about your symptoms and medical history. Your provider checks to see if you have risk factors for heart failure, such as high blood pressure, coronary artery disease or diabetes. Your care provider listens to your lungs and heart with a device called a stethoscope. A whooshing sound …

Healthcare providers usually can diagnose craniosynostosis by feeling for soft spots on your baby’s head, feeling for ridges that signify fused skull sutures and measuring the head circumference. If the size of your baby’s head is not growing as expected, the healthcare provider will check for craniosynostosis. It’s important to remember that a small-sized head can be due to several …

A healthcare provider will diagnose congenital myasthenic syndrome after a physical and neurological exam. They’ll review your symptoms and take a complete medical history. If they suspect CMS, they may ask you to perform a physical activity under their supervision to observe how your body reacts, like walking up stairs, for example. They may offer tests to rule out conditions with similar symptoms, …

A congenital mitral valve anomaly is typically diagnosed through a physical exam, listening for heart murmurs with a stethoscope, and primarily through an echocardiogram (heart ultrasound), which provides detailed images of the heart structure and blood flow to identify valve abnormalities; treatment may involve monitoring without intervention for mild cases, or surgical repair or replacement of the mitral valve if symptoms …

Your baby’s healthcare provider will check their belly to see if it’s swollen and painful. Then they’ll check your baby’s rectum for backed-up poop. Your child’s provider may also perform one or more of these tests: X-ray: Abdominal X-rays can show a blockage in your baby’s intestine. Contrast enema: A healthcare provider inserts a catheter (a thin tube) through your baby’s rectum. …