The word "diagnosis," when applied to medicine, means to guess what kind of disease a patient has. Diagnosis roughly means "best guess," and your best guess depends on your patient's symptoms. Symptoms are the subjective feelings only your patient can feel. Because there are hundreds of different symptoms for the hundreds of diseases out there, finding a diagnosis isn't always an easy task.
Instructions
1. Learn human physiology. Physiology is the macroscopic and microscopic study of how the organs and cells in your body function. Studying human physiology will help you get acquainted with the normal functions of the body. It will help you differentiate a normal body from a diseased one.
2. Learn about clinical human anatomy, the study and dissection of the human body. You will look at the types of organs in the body during their normal stages. Memorizing the healthy organs will enable you to study a diseased body and make comparisons that can lead to a diagnosis.
3. Learn clinical laboratory science. Laboratory science deals with the investigation of disease through analytical microscopic techniques. You will learn analyze blood and other bodily fluids. This important subject will help you diagnose quickly and accurately differentiate many symptoms with the use of a microscope.
4. Learn perform a physical exam. The physical exam is the process of observing and noting any abnormalities of the human body. The physical exam will show you how different symptoms manifest, according to the disease your patient has.
5. Become a physician. The only way to effectively and legally diagnose from the symptoms a patient can present is to become a licensed physician. After learning the above-mentioned subjects, you can apply your knowledge to properly diagnose from symptoms.
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