The other diseases for which Adverse reaction is listed as a possible alternative diagnosis in their lists include:
Dementia may be a drug interaction: A common scenario in aged care is for a patient to show mental decline to dementia. Whereas this can, of course, occur due to various medical conditions, such as a stroke or Alzheimer's disease, it can also occur from a side effect or interaction between multiple drugs that the elderly patient may be taking. There are also various other possible causes of dementia.
Read these general articles with an overview of misdiagnosis issues.
When checking for a misdiagnosis of Adverse reaction or confirming a diagnosis of Adverse reaction, it is useful to consider what other medical conditions might be possible misdiagnoses or other alternative conditions relevant to diagnosis. These alternate diagnoses of Adverse reaction may already have been considered by your doctor or may need to be considered as possible alternative diagnoses or candidates for misdiagnosis of Adverse reaction. For a general overview of misdiagnosis issues for all diseases, see Overview of Misdiagnosis.
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