Misdiagnosis of Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis
Alternative diagnoses list for Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis:
For a diagnosis of Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis,
the following list of conditions
have been mentioned in sources
as possible alternative diagnoses
to consider during the diagnostic process for Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis:
Diseases for which Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis may be an alternative diagnosis
The other diseases for which Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis
is listed as a possible alternative
diagnosis in their lists include:
Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis Diagnosis: Book Excerpts
Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis: Undiagnosed Conditions
Commonly undiagnosed conditions in related areas may include:
Discussion of diagnosis/misdiagnosis of Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis:
Other diseases--Because there are many causes of joint pain
and swelling, the doctor must rule out other conditions before
diagnosing JRA. These include physical injury, bacterial or viral
infection, Lyme disease, inflammatory bowel disease, lupus,
dermatomyositis, and some forms of cancer. The doctor may use
additional laboratory tests to help rule out these and other possible
conditions.
(Source: excerpt from Questions and Answers About Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis: NIAMS)
Common Misdiagnoses and Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis
Alzheimer's disease over-diagnosed: The well-known disease of Alzheimer's disease
is often over-diagnosed.
Patients tend to assume that any memory loss or forgetulness symptom might be Alzheimer's,
whereas there are many other less severe possibilities.
Some level of memory decline is normal with aging,
and even a slight loss of acuity may be noticed in the 30's and 40's.
Other conditions can also lead a person to show greater forgetfulness.
For example, depression and depressive disorders can cause a person to
have reduced concentration and thereby poorer memory retention.
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.
Tremor need not be Parkinson's disease: There is the tendency to believe that
any tremor symptom, or shakiness, means Parkinson's disease.
The reality is that there are various possibilities, such as benign essential tremor,
which is mostly harmless.
see the various causes of tremor and misdiagnosis of Parkinson's disease.
Rare diseases misdiagnosed as Parkinson's disease: A rare genetic
disorder is often misdiagnosed as Parkinson's disease for men in their 50's.
The disease Fragile X disorder can show only mild symptoms in the early years,
and Parkinsons-like symptoms around age 50.
See misdiagnosis of Parkinson's disease.
Psoriatic arthritis often undiagnosed cause of joint conditions: Patients with the skin condition psoriasis
can also have the related arthritis subtype called "psoriatic arthritis".
This arthritic condition tends to be overlooked, even in patients with diagnosed psoriasis.
See misdiagnosis of arthritis or psoriasis.
Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis: Rare Types
Rare types of medical disorders and diseases in related medical areas:
Medical news summaries about misdiagnosis of Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis:
The following medical news items
are relevant to misdiagnosis of Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis:
General Misdiagnosis Articles
Read these general articles with an overview of misdiagnosis issues.
About misdiagnosis:
When checking for a misdiagnosis of Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis
or confirming a diagnosis of Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis,
it is useful to consider what other
medical conditions might be possible misdiagnoses or other alternative
conditions relevant to diagnosis.
These alternate diagnoses of Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis may already have
been considered by your doctor or may need to be considered as possible
alternative diagnoses or candidates for misdiagnosis of Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis.
For a general overview of misdiagnosis issues for all diseases,
see Overview of Misdiagnosis.
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