During the physical exam, your healthcare professional may: Check your wrist for tenderness, swelling or deformity. Ask you to move your wrist to check for a decrease in your range of motion. Check your grip strength and forearm strength. Imaging tests Imaging tests may include: X-ray. This is the most commonly used test for wrist pain. Using a small amount of …
Broken Wrist
Your healthcare provider will perform a physical examination, where they’ll carefully feel and gently bend your wrist in different directions. They’ll also ask you about your symptoms and medical history. They’ll want to know how you injured your wrist. To make a proper diagnosis, your provider will request a wrist X-ray. You may need additional imaging tests to diagnose other injuries involving …
Wrinkles
A visual examination of your skin diagnoses wrinkles. You don’t need to visit your healthcare provider to diagnose wrinkles on your skin since they are visibly noticeable. If you want treatment to reverse the effects of wrinkles on your skin, you can talk to your provider or a dermatologist who specializes in skincare.
Wolff-Parkinson-White (WPW) Syndrome
Healthcare providers usually diagnose Wolff-Parkinson-White with an EKG (electrocardiogram). Your provider may also notice changes to your heartbeat during a physical examination. If your symptoms occur with exercise, they may recommend an exercise stress test. Let your provider know if your heartbeat feels different or if you have other symptoms of Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome. What tests will be done to diagnose Wolff-Parkinson-White …
Impacted Wisdom Teeth
Your dentist will perform an examination and ask you about your symptoms. They’ll also take dental X-rays to see if your teeth are impacted and if your jawbone or other teeth are damaged.
Wilson’s Disease
Diagnosing Wilson’s disease can be hard because its symptoms often are like other liver diseases, such as hepatitis. Also, symptoms can occur over time. Changes in behavior that come on gradually can be especially hard to link to Wilson’s disease. Doctors rely on symptoms and test results to make the diagnosis. Tests and procedures used to diagnose Wilson’s disease include: …
Wilms Tumor
If you’ve found a lump near your baby’s diaper line, or you’ve had to move to bigger diapers because of the lump, your healthcare provider may decide to test for Wilms tumor. The tumors sometimes get quite big, even bigger than the kidney itself. If your child has one of the syndromes or genetic issues associated with Wilms, you and …
Whooping Cough
A healthcare provider will perform a physical examination and ask questions about your symptoms. They may use a cotton swab to take a sample of the mucus inside your nose. They can also collect a sample by filling a syringe with saline fluid and flushing it through your nose and the back of your throat. The provider will send the …
Pediatric White Blood Cell Disorders
Pediatric hematology specialists at Freedmans Health have extensive experience in diagnosing and treating both common and unusual causes of pediatric white blood cell disorders. Your Freedmans Health doctors have access to specialized lab tests and may work with immunologists and infectious disease experts to find the best treatment approach. For diagnostic tests that involve radiation, specialists carefully monitor doses to …
Whipple’s Disease
Healthcare providers do a physical examination. They’ll take a medical history and ask about current and past changes in your body. They may do the following tests: Complete blood count (CBC). Upper endoscopy. Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test to check for T. whipplei bacteria. Small intestine biopsy.