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  • Saliva test (mouth swab test)
    Updated: Jan 25, 2010 - 16:23

    A saliva test is when a doctor takes a sample of saliva (spit) from your mouth using a mouth swab. He or she will then send it off to a laboratory to be tested. Your doctor can use this information to tell if you have certain illnesses.

  • Sclerotherapy
    Updated: Nov 13, 2009 - 14:34

    Sclerotherapy is when a doctor injects some medicine into your blood vessels or lymph vessels to make them shrink. You may need sclerotherapy if your blood or lymphatic vessels didn’t form properly before you were born. When this happens it’s called a vascular malformation. They usually grow as y...

  • Skin patch test
    Updated: Oct 26, 2009 - 14:34

    A skin patch test is a type of allergy test. It is used to find out what causes allergic reactions or irritations in your skin.

  • Skin prick test
    Updated: Oct 26, 2009 - 13:32

    A skin prick test is a type of allergy test. Your doctor may do an allergy test to find out if you are allergic to a type of food, or to other things like pets, dust mites and pollen. The skin prick test is one of the most common allergy tests you can have.

  • Splenectomy
    Updated: Nov 17, 2009 - 11:15

    A splenectomy is when a doctor takes out your spleen. The term ‘-tomy’ means removing, so splenectomy means removing the spleen.

  • Stoma
    Updated: Dec 01, 2009 - 14:51

    A stoma is an artificial opening that is made in your abdomen. The opening is stitched to your skin, and a tube connects it to a special bag outside your body, which collects waste (wee or poo). Stomas to collect poo are made in your large or small intestine, and stomas to collect wee are made in...

  • Stool test
    Updated: Oct 23, 2009 - 09:36

    A stool test is when your doctor sends a sample of your poo to a laboratory for analysis. ‘Stool’ is another word for a lump of poo. Believe it or not, your poo can actually tell a doctor a lot about your health!

  • Sweat test
    Updated: Oct 23, 2009 - 09:37

    A sweat test is when your doctor collects some sweat from your skin (usually your forearm) and sends it to a laboratory. In the laboratory it will be tested for high levels of sodium chloride, which is another name for salt. If you have cystic fibrosis (CF) , you have more salt in your sweat...

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