Abstract Background: Prior studies have demonstrated that Lyme disease is frequently over-diagnosed. However, few studies describe which...
Undetected medical conditions can be misdiagnosed as Conversion Disorder/Functional Neurological Disorder(CD/FND). Although misdiagnosis is...
Poll of more than 2,000 people found 26% of respondents were told they had something else More than a quarter of people with Parkinson’s disease...
Chronic Lyme disease may be a misdiagnosis of chronic fatigue syndrome CFS, also sometimes known as myalgic encephalomyelitis, is itself a...
A terminally ill mother-of-two has criticised her GP practice after being told she had Irritable Bowel Syndrome which turned out to be stage 4...
“I guess it’s my time,” the 50-year-old man said quietly as his wife drove him home from his doctor’s office in southwest Houston. “No,” his wife...
Hi, Mods. Please feel free to move to a better place, wasn't sure where to post this. Thank you. [MEDIA]...
Thought I'd seen this posted on a different thread but I can't find it, so creating a new thread for it. I fell down the rabbit hole, like Alice,...
Medscape: Ignoring Patient Input Tied to Diagnostic Error Patients' views are not often included in records of diagnostic errors, but new data...
Historically, we have seen several diseases maligned as psychosomatic, with devastating costs to individuals: MS, Parkinson's, epilepsy, TB,...
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Living with a disability is one thing, acquiring a disability is another but what about living with a misdiagnosis and no supports for your...
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...
https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2018/03/27/597159133/how-bad-medicine-dismisses-and-misdiagnoses-womens-symptoms?utm_campaign=storyshare&...
This one is new to me: "Chronic Exertional Compartment Syndrome". According to the Mayo Clinic website, CECS is "an exercise-induced muscle and...
" 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...
The most common misdiagnosis is... you guessed it... psychiatric disorder....
http://www.hospitalhealthcare.com/neurology/chronic-fatigue-syndrome-–-underdiagnosed-or-misdiagnosed (This site is intended for health...
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...
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