By Niki | October 4, 2011
Saliva Drug Test
Drug abuse is one of the most common problems faced all over the world. For whatever reason it is performed, in ways of escapism, dealing with pain, emotional anguish, physical stimulus or even as a mode of expanding ones creativity (as often seen in art), there is no doubting the fact that drug [...]
By Niki | September 30, 2011
DNA Antibody Test
There are a number of auto immune diseases that are known to regularly affect human beings that can be successfully cured if detected in the developmental stages of the condition. As a result, proper diagnosis and medical testing is of prime importance when it comes to fighting these conditions.
Types of Medical Procedures
Anti DNA [...]
By Niki | September 30, 2011
What is an ERCP Test?
What is an ERCP test? An endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatogram test or an ERCP test is a test that is carried out for the following reasons:-
- To check for abdominal pain or jaundice
- To open a bile duct or insert a drain
- Find gallstones or diseases of the bile ducts, liver or [...]
Agglutination is known as the clumping of the particles. The word agglutination originates from the Latin word agglutinare, which means “to glue to.” This is known to occur in biology among three main examples. The first example is the clumping of the cells like bacteria or the red blood cells when in the presence of [...]
The quick detection of the bacterial antigens in a person’s bodily fluids is done by immunological tests like the latex agglutination test. Although the detection of the antigenuria by the latex agglutination has the theoretical appeal, the troublesome reactions like the nonspecific agglutination of the latex particles have a limited utility of technique. It was [...]
The cold agglutinins blood test refers to a test that is conducted mainly to point out those conditions that can cause the human body to develop some different set of antibodies known as the cold agglutinins. These antibodies usually develop in the human immune system as a reaction to or response to an infection. They [...]
Food sensitivity or food hypersensitivity is a reaction to food that occurs due to intolerance of certain types of food. It is not to be mixed up with food allergies which occur due to the presence of certain chemicals. A food allergy is something that happens as a result of immunological hypersensitivity. This is caused [...]
The adrenocorticotropic hormone is secreted by the anterior pituitary gland. The ACTH levels are often measured in order to diagnose and monitor conditions that are usually caused when the body is either deficient in cortisol or has excess of it. Some of these conditions are Cushing’s syndrome, Addison’s disease, and hypopituitarism.
A dysfunction of the [...]
Cogwheel rigidity refers to the cogwheel-like jerk responses of body muscles when force is applied while bending a limb. This cogwheel jerk does not happen in normal circumstances. It is usually a common occurrence among patient’s suffering from Parkinson’s disease.
In fact, cogwheel rigidity is among the first signs of Parkinson’s disease. This is then [...]
Hemoglobin is a pigment that helps carry oxygen in the blood. The pigment is made up of iron and is extremely essential for the body to perform its functions optimally. If the hemoglobin falls below the normal levels, it can cause a condition known as anemia in which the oxygen carrying capacity of blood diminishes. [...]
