1. How Do Doctors Diagnose Diseases Claire and Sevillana

2. Contents Introduction Ways to find out what’s wrong What if doctors can’t find out what’s wrong? How do doctors diagnose a mental disease? Conclusion Pictures and Diagrams

3. Introduction Diagnoses are ways to find out what’s wrong with the body but it is probably harder than you think. If the patient can still talk to the doctor it might be easier because they can either guess what’s wrong or have a way to find out. Unfortunately, if the patient is in a hurry or can’t speak at all the doctor has a hard time finding out what’s wrong with them unless there is another person with the patient that tells everything the doctor what’s wrong with them. Here are some facts about what and how a doctor can diagnose a disease. Back to Contents Page

4. Ways to find out what’s wrong -blood test -x-ray -cat scan -urine/feces test -interview patient -physical examination Back to Contents Page

5. What if doctors can’t find out what’s wrong? If this happens you might have to take a pill with a microscopic camera or just simply inject one that can be seen by doctors using a super computer. They can see your cells, blood and basically almost everything else inside your body. Fortunately, it’s very rare for a doctor not to be able to find out what’s wrong because they are professionals and have studied diseases for many years. Back to Contents Page

6. How do doctors diagnose a mental disease? Special doctors called psychologists look at or find out different mental illnesses or diseases. Psychologist are doctors who report symptoms and try to observe a persons behavior or actions to find out what their mental illness is. Back to Contents Page

7. Conclusion There are plenty of diseases in the world and unfortunately even if the doctor can diagnose the patient there might not be a cure, for all we know there might still be many other diseases that we have not yet discovered. However, in the future doctor should be able to discover more cures, diseases and better ways to find out what’s wrong. Back to Contents Page

8. Pictures and Diagrams Back to Contents Page