For a diagnosis of Pediculosis, the following list of conditions have been mentioned in sources as possible alternative diagnoses to consider during the diagnostic process for Pediculosis:
The other diseases for which Pediculosis is listed as a possible alternative diagnosis in their lists include:
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.
Pruritus subjective symptom: Pruritus is one of the most important dermatological symptoms and is usually a symptom of primary skin disease. Since it is a subjective disease diagnostic difficulties arise especially when pruritus is a presenting symptom of a systemic disease with or without a rash. Pruritus may occur in a localised form or generalised form. Localised itching is caused mostly by atopic dermatitis. Some other conditions to be kept in mind in order not to misdiagnose a case of pruritus include urticaria, scabies, dermatitis herpetiformis, pediculosis, chicken pox and lichen planus. The basic principle of treatment is to determine the cause of the itch and treat it accordingly.
Read these general articles with an overview of misdiagnosis issues.
When checking for a misdiagnosis of Pediculosis or confirming a diagnosis of Pediculosis, it is useful to consider what other medical conditions might be possible misdiagnoses or other alternative conditions relevant to diagnosis. These alternate diagnoses of Pediculosis may already have been considered by your doctor or may need to be considered as possible alternative diagnoses or candidates for misdiagnosis of Pediculosis. For a general overview of misdiagnosis issues for all diseases, see Overview of Misdiagnosis.
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