Misdiagnosis of Sensorineural deafness
Sensorineural deafness Diagnosis: Book Excerpts
Sensorineural deafness: Undiagnosed Conditions
Commonly undiagnosed conditions in related areas may include:
Common Misdiagnoses and Sensorineural deafness
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.
Types of deafness: A brief understanding of the
anatomy of the ear is required in order to understand the pathology behind
deafness. The ear can be grouped into 3 categories: the external ear, middle
ear and inner ear. In cases of conductive deafness the defect is due to an
obstruction in the middle ear which contains the ear ossicles. Sensorineural
deafness points more towards pathology in the inner ear. A more detailed
history regarding other symptoms such as tinnitus, vertigo, ear discharge, ear
pain is needed to tell apart the various ear pathologies. A triad of deafness,
vertigo and tinnitus points to Meniere's disease. Age of the patient as well an
occupational history would be of good use to get to a proper diagnosis.
Sensorineural deafness: Rare Types
Rare types of medical disorders and diseases in related medical areas:
General Misdiagnosis Articles
Read these general articles with an overview of misdiagnosis issues.
About misdiagnosis:
When checking for a misdiagnosis of Sensorineural deafness
or confirming a diagnosis of Sensorineural deafness,
it is useful to consider what other
medical conditions might be possible misdiagnoses or other alternative
conditions relevant to diagnosis.
These alternate diagnoses of Sensorineural deafness may already have
been considered by your doctor or may need to be considered as possible
alternative diagnoses or candidates for misdiagnosis of Sensorineural deafness.
For a general overview of misdiagnosis issues for all diseases,
see Overview of Misdiagnosis.
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