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whats a differential diagnosis?

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Differential diag.: A differential diagnosis is compiling all of the signs and symtoms of a disease that the patient presents with and arriving at the possibilites of what may be their illness.  Each possible diagnosis is either ruled in or ruled out based on findings upon physical exam, laboratory tests, xrays, ct scans, mri, etc.

Question 2

what does a bcc with differential show?

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CBC, not BCC!: Bcc is basal cell carcinoma, a common skin cancer. Your doctor ordered a CBC with differential, which is a complete blood count with breakdown of the amount and types of white blood cells (the differential). The latter allows more specific diagnoses since different types of wbcs increase or decrease with certain illnesses, disorders, or infections. A very common and useful basic blood test!

Question 3

what can do to cure hematometria differential diagnosis?

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: At your age, hematometra can be caused by a series of medical problems or diseases, and the treatment consists in detecting the source of blood. You need to see a GYN doctor for proper work up and treatment. Good luck.

Question 4

what is the definition or description of: differential diagnosis?

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Diff. Dx: Is a process of elimination, to look at several possibilities for diagnosing a probable  illness, through process of elimination, to narrow those probabilities, so as a final diagnosis is made.

Question 5

how is leukemia diagnosed and what are the differential diagnoses'?

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Evaluation: Leukemia is suspected based on a person's medical complaint and history, physical examination, and blood count results. It is diagnosed by blood testing and bone marrow examination. There are many types of leukemia. An abnormal blood count does not mean you have leukemia. The differential diagnosis depends on the type of blood count abnormality.

Question 6

what is differential, auto in medicine?

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Sounds like : CBC (complete blood count) was done with a differential (types if cells to see percentage of neutrophils, lymphocytes, etc). "auto" usually means it was done by a machine count rather than manually in the lab.

Question 7

what is the differential diagnosis for fibromyalgia?

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Fibromyalgia: Chronic fatigue syndrome, myofascial pain syndrome, irritable bowel syndrome, pelvic & bladder pain disorders, temporomandibular pain.

Question 8

whats the differential diagnosis of thyrotoxicosis ?

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Mostly thyroid: Thyroid disease: graves or toxic nodular goiter;  
thyroiditis: subacute, post partum, "hashitoxicosis;  
very rarely thyroid cancer, or pitutary tumor making tsh. 
Taking too much thyroid hormone (beware of "herbal" supplements.
Trophoblastic disease during pregnancy.
The diagnosis is usually graves, toxic goiter, or thyroiditis.

Question 9

what is the differential diagnosis of thyrotoxicosis ?

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Several causes: Graves' disease, benign thyroid tumor(toxic adenoma), multi-nodular goiter, thyroiditis, taking excessive amount of thyroid hormone.

Question 10

what is the likely differential diagnosis of cervicitis?

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Vaginitis: Most commonly, cervicitis is the result of an infection, although it can also be caused by injury or irritation (as a reaction to the chemicals in douches and contraceptives, for example, or a forgotten tampon).
The three most common infectious causes of cervicitis are chlamydia, gonorrhea, and trichomonas. All three are considered sexually transmitted diseases.

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