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The term Pathological is widely used in medicine and refers to something that is not normal and could be being produced by some type of disease, derives from the word Pathology that comes from the Greek and means study of diseases.

When referring to something pathological, doctors do not refer to the specific origin of the condition, but rather rather, they indicate that there is a process, condition, finding or symptom that may have its origin in a disease. This word is not used only for physical findings, there may also be emotions, behaviors and pathological attitudes.

In order to establish the condition of pathology, it is necessary to know the state of normality or health. During the study of a patient, a systematic review by systems should be carried out in order to identify findings outside the the normality that are known as signs, these often go unnoticed by the patient or go without any type from manifestation or symptom, such is the case of nodular lesions, spots, enlarged viscera of the abdomen, heart murmurs, disorders of the

sensitivity, among others.

As a complement to the clinical examination, complementary studies, known as paraclinical ones, can yield pathological findings, that is, values ​​outside normal limits, this occurs in laboratory studies or in images such as x-rays, ultrasounds, CT scans, magnetic resonances and can also be evidenced by studies that evaluate the function of a structure such as electrocardiograms.

Identifying a condition or pathological state opens the door to a process of investigation that seeks to identify the exact cause of the problem which is known as diagnosis what is the step critical necessary to establish the appropriate treatment and conduct to follow.

In medicine there is a medical specialty dedicated to the study of diseases or pathologies, this specialty is Pathology or Anatomy pathological, is carried out by pathologists, these specialists are not clinical since they do not deal directly with patients, they They work in laboratories and are dedicated to the study or investigation of their tissues both macroscopically and microscopically to look for diseases, their object of study are biopsies and tissue samples by various routes such as smears and punctures in living patients and autopsies in the deceased.

Medicine forensic is a branch of Pathology, it seeks to establish the causes of death, sometimes it is during autopsy when the correct diagnosis of the disease or condition that ended the life of the patient.

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