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Misdiagnosis of Barber's rash

Contents
  1. Barber's rash: Introduction
  2. Common Misdiagnoses
  3. Misdiagnosis Center
  4. Barber's rash: Introduction
  5. Symptoms: Barber's rash
  6. Treatments

Barber's rash: Hidden Causes Misdiagnosed?

Causes of Barber's rash may include these medical conditions:

Barber's rash Diagnosis: Book Excerpts

Common Misdiagnoses and Barber's rash

Poorly healing leg rashes a classic sign of chronic disease: Recurring leg rashes, or poorly healing leg rashes, are a classic sign of undiagnosed diabetes, particularly of Type 2 diabetes, but also Type 1 diabetes. They can also occur with poor diabetic control. However, there are many other possible causes of leg rashes. See causes of leg rash or misdiagnosis of diabetes.

Psoriasis often undiagnosed cause of skin symptoms in children: Children who suffer from the skin disorder called psoriasis can often go undiagnosed. The main problem is that psoriasis is rare in children, and not often seen by physicians for this reason. children may receive treatment for fungal skin infections. See misdiagnosis of psoriasis or symptoms of psoriasis.

Rare form of hair loss often misdiagnosed: a rare form of extreme hair loss called "Atrichia with papular lesions" (APL) is often misdiagnosed as alopecia totalis. Researchers estimate that about 1 per 100 diagnoses of alopecia totalis are incorrect. See introduction to alopecia totalis.

Hair and scalp disorders misdiagnosed in African Americans: A higher than average percentage of misdiagnoses of hair or scalp disorders seem to occur in African Americans. Some of the overlooked hair/scalp conditions include cicatrial alopecia, traction folliculitis and sebhorrheic dermatitis. See hair disorders or scalp disorders.

General Misdiagnosis Articles

Read these general articles with an overview of misdiagnosis issues.

About misdiagnosis:

When checking for a misdiagnosis of Barber's rash or confirming a diagnosis of Barber's rash, it is useful to consider what other medical conditions might be possible misdiagnoses or other alternative conditions relevant to diagnosis. These alternate diagnoses of Barber's rash may already have been considered by your doctor or may need to be considered as possible alternative diagnoses or candidates for misdiagnosis of Barber's rash. For a general overview of misdiagnosis issues for all diseases, see Overview of Misdiagnosis.


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