What is a Pathology Lab?

As, per Wikipedia – The word pathology laboratory itself may be used broadly to refer to the study of disease in general, incorporating a wide range of bioscience research fields and medical practices. However, when used in the context of modern medical treatment, the term is often used in a more narrow fashion to refer to processes and tests which fall within the contemporary medical field of "general pathology," an area which includes a number of distinct but inter-related medical specialties that diagnose disease, mostly through analysis of tissue, cell, and body fluid samples. Idiomatically, "a pathology" may also refer to the predicted or actual progression of particular diseases, and the affix path is sometimes used to indicate a state of disease in cases of both physical ailment (as in cardiomyopathy) and psychological conditions (such as psychopathy).A physician practicing pathology is called a pathologist.

As a field of general inquiry and research, pathology addresses four components of disease: cause, mechanisms of development structural alterations of cells, and the consequences of changes. In common medical practice, general pathology is mostly concerned with analyzing known clinical abnormalities that are markers or precursors for both infectious and non-infectious disease and is conducted by experts in one of two major specialties, anatomical pathology and clinical pathology. Further divisions in specialty exist on the basis of the involved sample types, organs (as in renal pathology), and physiological systems as well as on the basis of the focus of the examination.

Pathology is a medical specialty that determines the cause and nature of diseases by examining and testing body tissues. The results from these pathology tests help doctors diagnose and treat patients correctly.

·        What is a Medical Lab?

Whereas as per Wikipedia –The medical laboratory or clinical laboratory is a laboratory where clinical pathology tests are carried out on clinical specimens to obtain information about the health of a patient to aid in diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of disease. Clinical Medical laboratories are an example of applied science, as opposed to research laboratories that focus on basic science, such as found in some academic institutions.

Medical laboratories vary in size and complexity and so offer a variety of testing services. More comprehensive services can be found in acute-care hospitals and medical centers, where 70% of clinical decisions are based on laboratory testing. Doctors’ offices and clinics, as well as skilled nursing and long-term care facilities, may have laboratories that provide more basic testing services. Commercial medical laboratories operate as independent businesses and provide testing that is otherwise not provided in other settings due to low test volume or complexity.

·        Reasons to have a blood or pathology lab test

Apart from detecting and diagnosing disease, blood and pathology tests are important for:

Treating disease

Monitoring disease progression

Preventing disease (for example, a Pap smear or mammogram may reduce the risk of some common women’s cancers through early detection)

Determining future risk of disease (for example, looking at cholesterol levels or the risk of inherited conditions such as familial breast cancer)

Aiding research into new treatments, and safety of treatments and procedures.

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