Diagnosis

Diagnosis is from greek words gnosis, meaning it is the act of determining the nature of a disease and distinguishing one disease from another. The diagnostic process is the method by which health professionals select one disease over another identifying one as the most likely cause of a person symptom. Symptoms that appears early in the course of a disease are often more vacuum and undifferentiated than dose that arise as the disease progress making this the most difficult time to make an accurate diagnosis. Reaching an accurate conclusion depend on the timing and the sequence of the symptom past medical history, and risk factor for certain disease, recent exposure to disease. The physician in making a diagnosis also rely on various other clue such as physical sign, nonverbal signal of distress and the result of selected laboratory and radiological test from the large number of fact obtain a list of possible diagnosis can be determine which are referred to as the differential diagnosis. The physician organise the list with the most likely diagnosis give a first additional information is identified and appropriate test as selected that will narrow the list of confirmed one of the possible disease.

therapeutic

Therapeutic is the act and science of treating disease. It comes from the greek therapeutikos which mean inclined to serve. In a broad sense therapeutics mean serving and caring for the patient in a comprehensive manner preventing disease as well as managing specific problem. Exercise diet and mental factor are therefore integral to the prevention as well as management of disease processes. More specific measured that are employed to treat specific symptoms include the use of drugs to relieve pains or treat infection surgery to remove diseased tissues or replace poorly functioning or not functioning organs with fully operations one and counselling psychotherapy to relieve emotional distress. Confidence in the physician and in the method selected enhance effectiveness.

Reference

New encyclopaedia britannica volume 17