Camera phones can help diagnosis

Taking photographs or video of unusual symptoms on an ordinary camera phone can help doctors diagnose uncommon problems, according to researchers. eHealth Insider reports.

A paper published in the BMJ describes the case of a 25 year old pregnant woman in Norway who reported frequent episodes of severe nipple pain.

The woman presented three photographs from her camera phone depicting the colour change of a typical episode.

The doctors from Trondheim, Norway, said that with the help of the photographs they diagnosed Raynaud’s phenomenon of the nipple. The patient was given treatment, her symptoms completely resolved within one week, and she was able to continue breastfeeding with no side effects.

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