TB (TUBERCULOSIS)

WHAT IS TUBERCULOSIS? Tuberculosis is usually known as Tb, it is an infection that is caused due to bacteria, Mycobacterium tuberculosis. It is a transmittable infection that first targets and affects the lungs and later it can spread to other organs of a human body like the brain, and spine. If a person who is…

COMPLETE URINE EXAMINATION

WHAT IS COMPLETE URINE EXAMINATION? A complete urine test is basically a Urinalysis that is conducted to analyze the abnormalities in the urine. A complete urine examination is conducted in order to measure the irregularities in the urine. The test can also be referred to as other several names such as urine test, urinalysis, complete…

DENGUE FEVER

Also called break bone fever, dengue fever is a painful flu-like illness. Dengue fever is caused by a family of viruses and spread through Aedes mosquitoes. It is a severe mosquito borne infection that usually starts with basic symptoms like fever, headache and body pain. The disease can only be spread when bitten by the…

ENA PROFILE

WHAT IS AN ENA PROFILE TEST? The term ENA stands for Extractable Nuclear Antigens. The ENA Profile test is a blood test that is used to identify the existence of autoantibodies in the blood that react proteins in the cell nucleus. Autoimmune diseases can be particularly detected with the ENA profile test. When a human’s…