Diagnosis is a process that involves determination or identification o disease or illness. There are various factors which determine an individual's susceptibility to an illness. These can be categorized broadly as biological factors, socio-cultural factors, environmental factors, stressors, behavior, and personality. Since they lead to development of an illness they can consequently be used in the diagnosis of a particular illness.
Biological factors
There are various biological factors which can be used in diagnosis of a disease. These factors can help a physician make conclusions on a particular individual based on the factors. These factors include family history of the illness, if there is history in a family of a particular illness then it is easy to diagnose the disease on an individual from the family. Secondly if an individual has been exposed to an infectious organism that causes a particular illness then a diagnosis of the illness can be made easily. Third if the immunize system of an individual is not functioning well then it can be easy to make diagnosis. There can also because of an individual's medical history to make a diagnosis particularly if it is the same illness being diagnosed as before. There are also other congenital disabilities or complications at birth that can aid in diagnosis. Other biological factors are age, gender and physiological conditions.
Socio-cultural factors
There are socio-cultural factors which can aid in the diagnosis of an illness. These include family circumstance like the social class, family size, family conflict and family disorganization. An individual plays an important role in their health and therefore such family circumstances can be of aid when it comes to diagnosis of an illness. This is because there are factors within the family such as family disorganization or conflict that can lead to development of certain illnesses. Hence an assessment of an individual's family can be used to make diagnosis. Secondly access to healthcare can be useful in disease diagnosis,...
There are also some heath related cultural and religious beliefs which can help to diagnose an illness. There are some illnesses that some cultures and religious hold specific beliefs on. Therefore a physician can use the knowledge they have on the particular illnesses under these cultural and religious beliefs to make their diagnosis. Other socio-cultural factors include prejudice and discrimination, health promotion in a workplace and health related legislation.
Environmental factors
There are certain environmental factors that can be used to diagnose an illness they include architectural feature like crowding, toxic construction materials, quality of air, noise insulation can be used to make diagnosis of an illness. This is because these architectural features play a big role in development of certain disease and therefore whether or not an individual is exposed to these features can be useful in making diagnosis. The quality of water can be used to diagnose an illness bad quality of water leads to development of some illnesses and hence water quality qualifies as a diagnosis tool. In an area where there is poor solid waste treatment there can be development of some illnesses therefore this can be used as a diagnosis for certain illnesses ( Cherry, 2010).
Stressors
There are various stressors that one goes through in their life these can be used to diagnose an illness. These stressors affect an individual in a big way and hence knowledge of the stressors can help a physician diagnose some illnesses these stressors include major life changes like divorce, loss of a job; frustrations, pain and discomfort, the climate in an individual's workplace and so on.
Personality
Ones personality can also be used in diagnosis of a disease.…
