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Signs and symptoms, physical examination and investigations help a healthcare professional to arrive at a diagnosis for every patient they come across. This diagnosis can be nursing diagnosis or medical diagnosis, which ever one, they go together.  Having a correct diagnosis is paramount in any encounter or consultation between a patient and a healthcare professional. This is because diagnosis directs the treatment regimen best suitable for the patient.  The process of diagnosis is as follows; a patient meets with a medical personnel with some signs (as identified by the medical personnel) and symptoms (as described by the patient). Some ideas on what the diagnosis might be begins to come to mind. The patient is examined and perhaps sent to carryout some labouratory/radiological investigations.  Following an examination and on presentation of the result from the investigations, a diagnosis is either confirmed or dismissed and treatment commences. A diagnosis can ei