physical examination

Examples of physical examination in the following topics:

• Rash

  • ) and complete physical examination.

• Disease Diagnosis

  • A diagnostic procedure may be performed by various health care professionals such as a physician, physical therapist, healthcare scientist, dentist, podiatrist, nurse practitioner, or physician assistants.
  • The physician may start performing a diagnostic procedure by, for example, watching the gait of the patient from the waiting room to the doctor's office even before the physical examination has begun and she or he has started to present any complaints.

• Complete Blood Count

  • A CBC is routinely performed during annual physical examinations.
  • Now, this process is generally automated by use of an automated analyzer with only approximately 30% of samples being examined manually.

• Renal Calculi

  • The diagnosis of kidney stones is made on the basis of information obtained from the history, physical examination, urinalysis, and radiographic studies.
  • Ultrasound examination and blood tests may also aid in the diagnosis.

• Autopsy

  • An autopsy or post-mortem examination is a specialized surgical procedure to determine cause of death.
  • These examinations are performed under a legal authority (Medical Examiner or Coroner or Procurator Fiscal) and do not require the consent of relatives of the deceased.
  • There are two parts to the physical examination of the body: the external and internal examination.
  • The examiner then notes the kind of clothes and their position on the body before they are removed.
  • It is unusual to examine the face, arms, hands or legs internally.

• Laryngitis and Cancer of the Larynx

  • Diagnosis of laryngeal cancer is made by the doctor on the basis of a medical history, physical examination, and special investigations which may include a chest x-ray, CT or MRI scans, and tissue biopsy.
  • The examination of the larynx requires some expertise, which may require specialist referral.
  • The physical exam includes a systematic examination of the whole patient to assess general health and to look for signs of associated conditions and metastatic disease.
  • The oral cavity and oropharynx are examined under direct vision.
  • A full endoscopic examination of the larynx, trachea, and esophagus is often performed at the time of biopsy.

• Sjögren's Syndrome

  • A diagnosis of Sjögren's syndrome requires the presence of patient-reported symptoms, physical findings and lab results.
  • Other tests involve the direct examination of the two most affected body areas, the eyes and the mouth.
  • A physical examination can reveal dryness on the surface of the eye, and a biopsy of the lip can reveal lymphocytes clustered around salivary glands, and damage to these glands due to inflammation.
  • Ultrasound examination of the salivary glands is the simplest confirmatory test and has the added advantage of being non-invasive with no complications.

• Congenital Defects

  • A congenital physical anomaly is an abnormality of the structure of a body part.
  • Many, if not most, people have one or more minor physical anomalies, if examined carefully.
  • Birth defect is a widely-used term for a congenital malformation; i.e. a congenital, physical anomaly which is recognizable at birth, and which is significant enough to be considered a problem.

• Plantar Fasciitis

  • The diagnosis of plantar fasciitis is usually made by clinical examination alone.The clinical examination may include checking the patient's feet and watching the patient stand and walk.
  • The clinical examination will take a patient's medical history, physical activity, foot pain symptoms and more into consideration.
  • Treatment options for plantar fasciitis include rest, massage therapy, stretching, weight loss, night splints, motion control running shoes, physical therapy, cold therapy, heat therapy, orthotics, anti-inflammatory medications, injection of corticosteroids and surgery in refractory cases.

• Physical Characteristics of Urine

  • These may b based on either physical or chemical components, that may give insight to processes within the body, often through urinalysis, a common clinical analysis of urine.
  • Physical characteristics that can be applied to urine include color, turbidity (transparency), smell (odor), pH (acidity - alkalinity) and density.
  • Excess turbidity results from the presence of suspended particles in the urine, the cause of which can usually be determined by the results of the microscopic urine sediment examination.
  • Abnormalities in any of these of physical characteristics may indicate disease or metabolic imbalances.