Carefully, 5 Disease Diagnosis Most Often Wrong!


Carefully, 5 Disease Diagnosis Most Often Wrong

Carefully, 5 Disease Diagnosis Most Often Wrong!

A woman in the United States, Debbie Ballard, once diagnosed with celiac disease or celiac disease (gluten health problems due to allergies). Based on the diagnosis, Debby undergo a strict gluten diet. After a long diet, he then suffered from gastrointestinal disorders.

His instincts said, there is something wrong. Finally he asked for a thorough medical examination and a CAT scan. The result, expressed Debbie stage 1 ovarian cancer.

Sometimes, the wrong diagnosis may occur due to various reasons. One of them, because the symptoms experienced by patients is similar to other diseases. No one expected this, not you, not your doctor. Thus, learn how to avoid the 5 most common misdiagnosis occurs below.

If you are diagnosed with: Panic attacks
Check: Pulmonary embolism
Pulmonary embolism is a blood clot that forms outside the lung, but then move through the bloodstream and into the lungs. Clumps inhibits circulation and can cause breathing difficulties. Alan Brau, MD, a pulmonologist in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, said the symptoms of pulmonary embolism may include anxiety as a result of the body feel there is something wrong in the blood stream.

As a result, breathing and heart rate may increase, mimic the symptoms of anxiety attacks (eg, shortness of breath, chest pain). One study in Spain found 33.5 percent of patients with pulmonary embolism were sent home, because it gets the wrong diagnosis.

If you are diagnosed with: Fibromyalgia
Check out: Lyme disease

Fibromyalgia is a medical disorder that makes sufferers experience pain in the whole body. Conditions that are chronic or long-term, also called fibromyalgia syndrome.

While Lyme disease is, one type of infectious diseases in humans and animals by the intermediary in the form of fleas. Lyme disease is named from the word Old Lyme, a town in Connecticut where the case was first discovered. Lyme disease is often referred to as a 'liar'.

According to Steven Bock, MD, a physician from Rhinebeck, NY, "Only 50 percent of patients with Lyme have typical symptoms called a red rash around the eyes, called bulls eyes. Symptoms of Lyme include headache, joint pain, brain fog, seizures, and posterior neck pain. Relatively similar to the symptoms of fibromyalgia are migraine, muscle pain, fatigue, and pain in the face.

Bock estimate the number of Lyme cases misdiagnosed as fibromyalgia is about 30-40 percent.

If you are diagnosed with: irregular menstrual periods or perimenopause
Check out: Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome or Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome (PCOS)

Women with irregular menstrual cycles, can be diagnosed with stress or going through menopause. But, if the symptoms of irregular menstruation is accompanied by the growth of unwanted hair and weight gain, consider the possibility of PCOS.

Endocrine system disorder that affects 8% of women of reproductive age were responsible for 70% of infertility problems and under-diagnosed, said Michael Grossman, MD, a reproductive endocrinologist in Central New York Fertility in Albany.

PCOS symptoms are also similar to the symptoms of prediabetes. "Being overweight causes insulin resistance and causes excess production of androgen hormones, which make regular menstrual periods more difficult to come by," said Grossman.

If you are diagnosed with Migraine
Check: Stroke

The symptoms of migraine are usually accompanied by visual landscape (aura) such as seeing spots or lines spinning or sensory disturbances such as tingling which moves up toward the arm, making it difficult to distinguish from a stroke, "said James Greenwald, MD, professor of family medicine at SUNY Upstate Medical University in Syracuse.

Both are caused by disturbances in the normal circulation of the brain. To distinguish them, Greenwald examine the onset and duration of symptoms of the two diseases. He found that stroke symptoms develop faster than the symptoms of migraine. Speed ​​development of symptoms is also influenced by the age and health history.

If you suffer from migraine aura and have risk factors such as smoking, high blood pressure, and high cholesterol, ask your doctor if it is possible to conduct further investigation to find the likelihood of stroke.

If you are diagnosed with: Celiac disease, IBS (irritable bowel syndrome), or cystitis
Check out: Ovarian Cancer

"Ovarian cancer is often overlooked due to the vagueness of its symptoms," said Susan Segreti, special nursing cancer patients in Syracuse (NY) Veterans Administration Medical Center. Ovarian cancer is often called the silent killer or a silent killer.

Symptoms include bloating and abdominal pain (similar to celiac disease or IBS) and strong urge to urinate frequently (mimic cystitis). If you have these symptoms and was diagnosed with celiac, IBC or cystitis, Manzoni also recommended to check the ovaries to locate the possibility of cancer.



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