First, your healthcare provider will get your full medical and sexual history. Fertility for people with a uterus involves ovulating healthy eggs. This means your brain has to send hormonal signals to your ovary to release an egg to travel from your ovary, through your fallopian tube and to your uterine lining. Fertility testing involves detecting an issue with any …
Infertility is a condition of your reproductive system that causes people to be unable to get pregnant (conceive). Infertility can affect anyone and has many causes. Getting pregnant involves several steps: Your brain must produce reproductive hormones that control ovarian function. An egg must mature in your ovary. Your ovary must release an egg (ovulation). Your fallopian tube must pick up …
Your healthcare provider usually diagnoses infectious diseases using one or more lab tests. Your provider can look for signs of disease by: Swabbing your nose or throat. Getting blood, pee (urine), poop (stool) or spit (saliva) samples. Taking a biopsy or scraping a small sample of skin or other tissue. Getting imaging (X-rays, CT scans or MRIs) of affected parts of your body. …
Your baby’s healthcare provider will check for signs of jaundice while you’re still in the hospital. Your baby’s bilirubin level will be highest when they’re three to five days old. It’s important that your baby’s healthcare provider checks them again within this time frame. Your baby’s healthcare provider can estimate your baby’s bilirubin level by placing a probe on your …
Your pregnancy care provider will ask you questions about your health history and your pregnancy symptoms at prenatal appointments. Be sure to let them know if you’ve had a miscarriage or surgery on your cervix. Your provider may want to monitor your cervix more closely based on those risk factors. Your provider diagnoses incompetent cervix with a pelvic exam and an imaging …
Some inherited metabolic disorders may be diagnosed before birth. Others can be diagnosed by routine newborn screening tests done at birth. Others are identified only after a child or adult shows symptoms of a disorder. To find out if you or your child has an inherited metabolic disorder, you may have: Physical exam. You may have a physical exam and talk …
A healthcare provider will diagnose impetigo based on how your child’s sores look. They may take a skin culture to send to a laboratory. This will help your provider determine the right antibiotic to prescribe your child.
Healthcare providers rely on routine blood test screenings to check for prediabetes. If you have risk factors for prediabetes, your provider may recommend these screenings more often. The following tests can check for prediabetes: Fasting plasma glucose test: This tests your blood after you haven’t had anything to eat or drink except water for at least eight hours beforehand (fasted). …
Your child’s healthcare provider will talk to you about your child’s medical history and perform a physical examination. As part of the exam, your child’s provider will observe how your child walks. They’ll look for any issues with your child’s feet or legs. They’ll also check for any limitations with your child’s range of motion. Your child’s provider may perform neurological …
Healthcare providers will do a physical examination. They’ll check for bruises, rashes and other thrombocytopenia symptoms. They’ll ask about your medical history, including any medications you take. They may do tests including: Complete blood count (CBC): Providers will check your platelet levels and your white and red blood cell levels. Peripheral blood smear: Providers examine your platelets under a microscope. …