By respiration to diagnose serious diseases

Researchers from the University of Swansea are hoping for a quick and easy method for the diagnosis of serious diseases create. The idea for serious diseases like cancer, diabetes, to be defined by the analysis of samples of breath is not new. But researchers have questioned the reliability and accuracy of these methods for determining disease. Dr. Masood Yousef, a senior fellow at the University of Wales, the use of existing technology to analyze the concentrations of volatile organic compounds in breath. According to him, the high concentrations of certain volatile compounds in the breath is associated with a particular disease. For example, the smell of acetone breath give diabetes disease, the smell of ammonia - about hepatitis, and the odor of hydrogen sulfide Ethan cirrhosis. There are also links to specific forms of cancer, the doctor said. In his opinion, diagnosis based on the analysis of the breath at the moment is very poor compared with the analysis of blood and urine is not developed and used in clinical practice. This diagnosis was defined as incomplete, subjective and unreliable. Due to improved analytical methodology, diagnostic variability based markers provides a potentially new opportunity in the rapid identification and control of the disease. Breath-analysis provides a convenient and fast way to a serious illness, the minimal medical intervention, and diagnose the minimum investment of time and money required, the scientists said.