Misdiagnosis of Injury
Diseases for which Injury may be an alternative diagnosis
The other diseases for which Injury
is listed as a possible alternative
diagnosis in their lists include:
Injury Diagnosis: Book Excerpts
Injury: Undiagnosed Conditions
Commonly undiagnosed conditions in related areas may include:
- Nerve Disorders: serious diseases commonly undiagnosed:
- Chronic Pain Disorders -- serious medical disorders that may be undiagnosed:
- more undiagnosed conditions...»
Common Misdiagnoses and Injury
Leg cramps at night a classic sign: The symptom of having leg muscle cramps,
particularly at night, is a classic sign of undiagnosed diabetes.
However, there are also various other causes.
See causes of leg cramps or misdiagnosis of diabetes.
Vitamin B12 deficiency under-diagnosed: The condition of Vitamin B12 deficiency
is a possible misdiagnosis of various conditions, such as multiple sclerosis (see symptoms of multiple sclerosis).
See symptoms of Vitamin B12 deficiency or misdiagnosis of multiple sclerosis.
Addison's disease has a good prognosis: Addison’s disease when treated
with adequate replacement therapy has a good prognosis and life expectancy
approximates normal. Lifelong medical supervision is required for signs of
continued adequate therapy and avoidance of overdose and avoidance of
complications such as hyperpyrexia, Addisonian crisis, psychotic reactions and
hyperkalemic paralysis. It must be differentiated from conditions such as
pituitary stalk resection, withdrawal from long term use of steroids, Sheehan’s
syndrome and trauma.
Dizziness in children: Dizziness although not a common cause in children can have threatening causes and requires quick diagnosis as the possibility of tumours such as medulloblastoma is possible but the most commonest causes include seizure of the temporal lobe. other causes being migraine, vestibular neuronitis, psychosomatic vertigo, middle ear infections, trauma and benign paroxysmal vertigo. A detailed history regarding the onset, duration and presence of other related symptoms such as fever, earache and discharge must be recorded.
Painful ear conditions: A patient with a painful ear often requires urgent attention and most of these cases are expected to have acute otitis media. It can occur at any age but is most common in children where otitis media is the most common cause. Ear ache can be caused by disorders of the ear or may arise from other surrounding structures and in many instances the precise diagnosis is difficult to make. Some of the conditions of the external ear that can cause otalgia include otitis externa, perichondritis, furunculosis, trauma, wax impaction and viral infections. In the middle ear it is most commonly acute otitis media, acute mastoiditis and eustachian tube insufficiency. Pain from the surrounding areas can be referred such as dental idsorders, parotitis, cervical dyfunction and lymph node inflammation.
General Misdiagnosis Articles
Read these general articles with an overview of misdiagnosis issues.
About misdiagnosis:
When checking for a misdiagnosis of Injury
or confirming a diagnosis of Injury,
it is useful to consider what other
medical conditions might be possible misdiagnoses or other alternative
conditions relevant to diagnosis.
These alternate diagnoses of Injury may already have
been considered by your doctor or may need to be considered as possible
alternative diagnoses or candidates for misdiagnosis of Injury.
For a general overview of misdiagnosis issues for all diseases,
see Overview of Misdiagnosis.
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