Unit 14 – Physiological disorders
Knowing the processes involved in the
diagnosis of physiological disorders.
WDYT
• What processes do you believe are involved in
the diagnosis of physiological disorders?
• Which professionals might be involved?
Key term: referral
– An act of referring someone or something for
consultation, review, or further action.
– The directing of a patient to a medical specialist by
a primary care physician.
(source: Wikipedia dictionary)
What referral might an individual with
a physiological disorder have ?
• Self referral: patient refers themselves to
health proffesional, usually the GP,
• Proffesional referral: GP will refer patient
following identification of symptoms for
further test or to a specialist doctor.
• Third party referral: referral by carer or
relative when the individual concerned is
unable to do this for themselves.
Key term: ancialliary
• One who assists or is supplementary to
another person
(Source: medical dictionary)
• In this case this could be someone such as a
social worker, a support worker, a teacher etc
WDYT
• What symptoms might lead to an investigation
?
• What investigations might be undertaken and
why?
Symptoms and signs
• Cloudy urine,
• Pain when passing
urine,
• Dizzy spells,
• Pain when passing
faeces,
• Breathlessness when
climbing stairs,
• Phlegm producing
cough,
• Localised recurrent
pains,
• Swellings,
• Lumps,
• High temperature,
Types of investigations
• Patients might be required to produce
specimens of faeces, urine or blood,
• Patients might be required to undergo a
physical examination internal or external,
• Patients might be required to check their
glucose levels over a set period of time,
• Patients might be required to monitor their
temperature regularly.
Investigations for each individuals
• Any investigation carried out will be specific to
each disorder but will always focus on the
medical history of the patient and standard
test such as:
– Blood test for blood count,
– Blood test for haemoglobin levels.
Task
• Read through pages 202 to 203 on the
measurements used in order to aid the
diagnosis of physiological disorders in
individuals,
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