The key to a properly diagnosed infection is in ensuring that your doctor performs the required follow-up tests. A patient needs to be forthcoming with all of his or her symptoms and physicians need to be diligent and throughout with their protocol for infection diagnosis, because unlike a viral infection, some infections can be quite virulent.
Where do we go from here? In addition to increasing the awareness for both patients and physicians around these five commonly misdiagnosed diseases, I believe it opens up the door for advancements in diagnostic and molecular technologies.
In cancer diagnostics, for instance, we’re just touching the tip of the iceberg with regard to personalizing the therapy for better care and quicker diagnoses. Life Technologies introduced its Benchtop Ion Proton Sequencer early last year which can map the human genome in less than 24 hours for a cost of just $1,000. Quicker and more accurate results could make mapping the genome of cancerous tumors quicker than ever which would in turn help in diagnosing mutations and properly prescribing the best treatments for a particular cancer type.
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