Mobile phones help diagnose diseases

Mobile phones can be used to help doctors diagnose and offer treatment for patients in remote or far-flung places.

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Earlier this year, the US Food and Drug Administration adopted an application of smart phones, which helps check blood glucose levels and monitor high blood pressure. Therefore, they allow doctors to use photos taken from the iPhone or iPad to diagnose diseases remotely.

Coosje Tuijn, head of the research team at the Amsterdam Biomedical Research Institute, said: "People living in remote areas cannot afford quality health care and treatment services. Modern medical devices such as urban areas Equipment for diagnosing common diseases like tuberculosis, malaria and other bacterial or parasitic diseases in this area is also very limited. usually misdiagnosis affects the cost, time and health of patients ".

In difficult countries like Uganda, every 8 doctors are responsible for treating about 100,000 sick people. This is extremely difficult. Therefore, experts encourage the use of mobile phones to take photos or videos, send them to experts to receive advice.

Patients can send photos to the website. The doctor will access it to diagnose through photos, then send the diagnosis results with their written treatment instructions or phone calls.

Most Nokia, Samsung, and Sony cameras have almost 2 megapixel resolutions, which can provide standard images for diagnosing common diseases. However, with a number of small-sized bacterial diseases, new 5-megapixel resolutions may help the specialist diagnose correctly.

"Using mobile phones to diagnose diseases is a potential way to improve health care services for poor people in disadvantaged areas. The current problem we need to solve is simply the connection of the microscope. micro with mobile phones to read pictures and diagnose diseases, " the researchers added.