Question 1

diagnosis is tendovaginitis quervain. what is this?

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In US: It's dequervain's tenosynovitis or inflammation of a tendon in your wrist.  Tendovaginitis Quervain's is is the term frequently used in europe.

Question 2

what is the criteria to diagnosis dm2 from an a1c?

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6.5%: The cutoff for diagnosis of diabetes by HbA1c is 6.5%.  This correlates to an average estimated glucose of 125 mg/dl.

Question 3

what is tissue diagnosis?

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Pathology: A "mass" can be anything including non-cancer. A piece of tissue from a mass (or bone marrow biopsy, or blood) placed on a glass slide for a pathologist to review with special stains and sometimes molecular tests can give a "tissue diagnosis".  With very few exceptions (eg, hcc, germ cell cancer) oncologists require a "tissue diagnosis" before treating cancer.

Question 4

i need a primary diagnosis?

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Diagnosis: Depends on what your symptoms are!

Question 5

what are the likely diagnosis ?

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Doctor can evaluate: Groin lumps can be caused by infected lymph nodes, enlarged non-infected lymph nodes, skin cysts, abscesses in the skin, etc...  A bigger lump might even be a hernia.  One's primary care doctor can evaluate to see what it might be, and offer advice on treatment or testing.

Question 6

to defer a diagnosis means what?

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See details: That usually means that additional testing is needed to confirm a diagnosis.

Question 7

how is the diagnosis established ?

Accepted Answer

Definition: Diabetes is currently defined by fasting blood sugars above 125, blood sugars 2 hours after a meal above 200, or hemoglobin A1c (6-week sugar average) above 6.4%.  In prediabetes fasting blood sugar is 100-125 and 2-hour sugars are 140-200.  A1c levels for prediabetes are typically 5.7-6.4%.

Question 8

is kryptopyroluria real? or is it a bogus diagnosis

Accepted Answer

Kryptopyrroluria: Not main stream medicine.  There is  a lot of mention in the alternative medicine market, but it seems generally unsubstantiated and some of it is clearly odd.

Question 9

what are advantages and disadvantages of prenatal diagnosis?

Accepted Answer

It depends.: If a woman is at higher risk for having a child with a birth defect, detecting it in their unborn child can be helpful. Depending on the results, she may need to deliver in a tertiary setting or she may choose to terminate the pregnancy, .

Question 10

was wondering what illesses are impossible to have a confirmed diagnosis on?

Accepted Answer

Dagnosis limitations: Many illnesses are diagnosed based on the patient's signs and symptoms. Most mental illness have no special test to prove the diagnosis.  Lots of infectious diseases have practical limitations to diagnosis.  The lyme test doesn't prove lyme disease.  And the strep test doesn't prove strep throat!  that's why a physician's judgment is so important to identifying your illness.

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