“Clinical tests, prevention is essential to stay healthy and manage the onset of pathologies” – Libero Quotidiano

2023-10-31 15:53:00

(time.news) – The director of the clinical pathology laboratory of San Gavino Monreale explains the importance of prevention and the value of local health facilities

San Gavino Monreale (SU), 31 October 2023. Clinical pathology analysis laboratories increasingly play a role of fundamental importance as territorial safeguards for human health, with prevention as the only way to detect any problems or, simply, to understand the state of well-being of an individual. “It seems trivial, yet thanks to prevention we can literally save lives, allowing the patient and the doctor to act in time with respect to a wide range of pathologies”, explains Doctor Enrico Tinti, head of TNT Lab in San Gavino Monreale, a laboratory of clinical analyzes which has become a point of reference for the entire province of Medio Campidano, also based in Serramanna. “An example is the onset of diabetes which, especially in Sardinia, is present at high rates. Thanks to routine analyzes which allow us to highlight glycemic values ​​and glycated hemoglobin – explains the head of the healthcare facility – we can get ahead of the game by changing our lifestyle, eating habits and physical activity”. Blood tests, advises Doctor Tinti, President of the Regional Order of Biologists of Sardinia, must be carried out every 6 months in order to have a complete picture of the progress of the patient’s values. Together with the relevant specialists, it is possible to find the right path to avoid the onset of a pathology such as type 2 diabetes. From hematology to molecular biology, from clinical analysis to bacteriology, passing through tests related to autoimmunity and coagulation, TNT Lab offers a wide range of services to patients, including packages for specific analyzes such as check-ups for men and women, for thyroid, for cholesterol, for colon, for fertility, for sports field. The analysis laboratory sector is a rapidly growing sector, also and above all from a technological point of view: new frontiers are overcome every day which guarantee absolute precision. “Over the last 30 years – recalls Doctor Tinti – I have witnessed an unprecedented evolution, with increasingly effective automation, which has effectively allowed the elimination of human error”. A great advantage that erases the previously existing variability linked to potential error on the part of the operator, who today can rely on latest generation machinery to precisely evaluate infinitesimal quantities for analyzes linked to hormones, specific antibodies, tests for allergies or checks during pregnancies. Lately, allergy research has been implemented with panels capable of analyzing a wide variety of allergens (up to 300), including molecular ones, and breath tests have also begun to be carried out to search for Helicobacter Pylori, responsible for infections that they damage the gastric system. TNT Lab is accredited by the regional healthcare system, an important collaboration that allows the territory to have a center capable of offering the necessary assistance. “For some specific categories, such as pregnant women, we pay special attention regardless of the budget foreseen by the regional funds, still allowing the processing of analyses”, underlines Doctor Tinti. “Human health comes first, as does our commitment to best assist patients in the exclusive interest of their well-being.”

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