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Misdiagnosis of Skin rash

Contents
  1. Skin rash: Introduction
  2. Possible Misdiagnoses
  3. Common Misdiagnoses
  4. News about Misdiagnosis
  5. Misdiagnosis Center
  6. Skin rash: Introduction
  7. Symptoms: Skin rash

Diseases for which Skin rash may be an alternative diagnosis

The other diseases for which Skin rash is listed as a possible alternative diagnosis in their lists include:

Skin rash Diagnosis: Book Excerpts

Common Misdiagnoses and Skin 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.

Dermatomyositis in breast cancer: Dermatomyositis is a serious connective-tissue disease related to polymyositis that is characterized by inflammation of the muscles and the skin. The cause is unknown, but it may result from either a viral infection or an autoimmune reaction. Some cases of dermatomyositis may overlap with another autoimmune disease such as lupus, scleroderma, or vasculitis The main symptoms include skin rash and symmetric proximal muscle weakness which may be accompanied by pain. Skin findings occur in DM but not PM and are generally present at diagnosis. It must be differentiated from other conditions such as Inclusion body myositis which can be done on biopsy. It is also a part of the paraneoplastic conditions which occurs in cases of breast cancers.

Rash of Dengue can be misdiagnosed: Dengue fever also known as 'breakbone fever' is a mosquito borne viral infection. The most common clinical presentation is that of severe headache, eye pain, fever, joint pain and the maculopapular rubelliform rash which can lead to a chance of misdiagnosis. There are several conditions from which dengue has to differentiated some of them being Leptospirosis, measles, malaria, yellow fever, meningoencephalitis etc. No specific treatment of dengue is available. Early institution of supportive treatment is the key to management of patients with dengue of all forms.

Toxic shock syndrome in women: Toxic shock syndrome is a toxin mediated multisysyem disease precipitated by infection with staphylococcus aureus or either group A streptococcus. It commonly occurs in women who use tampons. It is characterised by a rapid onset of high fever, hypotension, rash, myalgia and vomiting. Mortality is high. Quick recognition of the syndrome is important for enabling appropriate and prompt treatment. Patients who do recover from the syndrome are at a risk of developing recurrent episodes. It must be differentiated from cellulitis, gas gangrene, pneumonia, septic shock etc.

Painful throat- look for infectious mononucleosis: Infectious mononucleosis must be considered in 15- 25 year old patients presenting with a painful throat. The patient presents with slow onset of malaise, fever, headache sore throat and rash. It can be misdiagnosed as HIV primary infection, tonsillitis, viral hepatitis and leukaemia. Paul Bunnell test is one of the important lab tests commonly done along with white cell count and blood smear. There is no specific treatment and supportive measures will suffice. It usually runs an uncomplicated course.

Medical news summaries about misdiagnosis of Skin rash:

The following medical news items are relevant to misdiagnosis of Skin rash:

General Misdiagnosis Articles

Read these general articles with an overview of misdiagnosis issues.

About misdiagnosis:

When checking for a misdiagnosis of Skin rash or confirming a diagnosis of Skin 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 Skin rash may already have been considered by your doctor or may need to be considered as possible alternative diagnoses or candidates for misdiagnosis of Skin rash. For a general overview of misdiagnosis issues for all diseases, see Overview of Misdiagnosis.


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