misdiagnosis

Abstract Objective There are reports of functional neurological disorder (FND) developing after anaesthesia, though separating any aetiological role from other possible factors is challenging. We aimed to systematically review all published cases of post-anaesthetic FND to see if any common...

Abstract Background: Prior studies have demonstrated that Lyme disease is frequently over-diagnosed. However, few studies describe which conditions are misdiagnosed as Lyme disease. Methods: This retrospective observational cohort study evaluated patients referred for Lyme disease to a...

Paywall and first page preview, https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0163834320300645 Not available via Sci hub at time of posting

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2019/dec/30/quarter-of-parkinsons-sufferers-were-wrongly-diagnosed-says-charity It is an actual, current and effective, belief in many corners of medicine that presenting with a large number of symptoms is itself undeniable evidence of psychogenic disorder...

Chronic Lyme disease may be a misdiagnosis of chronic fatigue syndrome CFS, also sometimes known as myalgic encephalomyelitis, is itself a controversial condition: some think it involves immune system problems, perhaps triggered by an infection, while others believe psychological factors may...

https://www.scotsman.com/news/scottish-mother-s-cancer-misdiagnosed-as-irritable-bowel-syndrome-1-4895603

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/01/magazine/the-patients-wife-thought-her-husband-was-being-treated-for-the-wrong-disease-she-was-right.html

Hi, Mods. Please feel free to move to a better place, wasn't sure where to post this. Thank you. https://www.bmj.com/content/364/bmj.l351

Thought I'd seen this posted on a different thread but I can't find it, so creating a new thread for it. https://inclusionproject.org.uk/falling-down-the-rabbit-hole/ And a positive experience of Gabrielle Murphy

Medscape: Ignoring Patient Input Tied to Diagnostic Error Patients' views are not often included in records of diagnostic errors, but new data released on November 5 suggest that patient and family narratives may contain key information that should formally be included in the system.

Historically, we have seen several diseases maligned as psychosomatic, with devastating costs to individuals: MS, Parkinson's, epilepsy, TB, stomach ulcers, asthma, and ME, as well as very likely many others. Have public health authorities paid any attention to the overall economic costs and...

https://www.meaction.net/2018/05/12/its-not-all-in-your-head-living-with-a-misdiagnosed-disability-five-years-on-volume-one/

well that's a new name! Liverpool Echo article "A young hairdresser who “loved life” said he lost everything after ME robbed him of his ability to do his job and left him housebound. Brendan Boyd developed the condition, characterised by relentless exhaustion, in 2011 after he caught a virus...

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2018/03/27/597159133/how-bad-medicine-dismisses-and-misdiagnoses-womens-symptoms?utm_campaign=storyshare&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_medium=social As she began to research her own condition, Dusenbery realized how lucky she was to have been diagnosed...

This one is new to me: "Chronic Exertional Compartment Syndrome". According to the Mayo Clinic website, CECS is "an exercise-induced muscle and nerve condition that causes pain, swelling and sometimes disability in the affected muscles of your legs or arms" While this should probably go in a...

" A 25-year-old beauty queen Elisha Hudson from Norfolk met with an unfortunate fate as she recently got diagnosed with an untreatable brain tumor following a series of terrible headaches. After often feeling exhausted and depressed for days that led her to quit her job, the recently crowned...

The most common misdiagnosis is... you guessed it... psychiatric disorder. https://www.mailman.columbia.edu/public-health-now/news/mitochondrial-disease-patients-face-difficult-road-diagnosis

http://www.hospitalhealthcare.com/neurology/chronic-fatigue-syndrome-–-underdiagnosed-or-misdiagnosed (This site is intended for health professionals only) Chronic fatigue syndrome – underdiagnosed or misdiagnosed? 31 January, 2018 11:10 AM | By Dr Rajendra Sharma As a population, we are...

Is there a comprehensive list/database of conditions similar to ME/CFS? In addition, is there a comprehensive list of conditions to test for when diagnosing ME/CFS? Thanks!