Misdiagnosis of Autoimmune diseases

Diseases for which Autoimmune diseases may be an alternative diagnosis

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

• Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
• Dry Eye
• Fever
• Sjogren's Syndrome
• Thrombocytopenic purpura, autoimmune
• Tunglang-Savage-Bellman syndrome

Common Misdiagnoses and Autoimmune diseases

Adrenal gland disorder difficult to correctly diagnose: Addison's disease, a disorder of the adrenal glands, causes a variety of symptoms, and is often misdiagnosed in early stages. Common misdiagnoses include depression or schizophrenia.

Cushing's disease can be mistaken for depression: Cushing's disease (or similarly Cushing's syndrome) is a possible misdiagnosis for a person diagnosed with depression. It is an endocrine disorder with many depressive-like characteristics, but also some physical symptoms; see symptoms of Cushing's disease. Cushing's disease may also have schizophrenia-like symptoms such as paranoia and delusions, leading to a misdiagnosis of schizophrenia. Manic or euphoria type symptoms are also possible, with a misdiagnosis of bipolar disorder. See overviews of depression, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, and Cushing's disease.

Medical news summaries about misdiagnosis of Autoimmune diseases:

The following medical news items are relevant to misdiagnosis of Autoimmune diseases:

• Celiac disease more common than thought
• Connective tissue disease frequently misdiagnosed or undiagnosed
• Lupus can be difficult to diagnose because of it's multitude of symptoms
• Lupus often misdiagnosed as MS or rheumatoid arthritis
• Lymph node enlargement disease: Kikuchi disease
• Multiple sclerosis occurs in 1.1 million people worldwide
• Paralysis and Guillain-Barre Syndrome
• More news »

General Misdiagnosis Articles

Read these general articles with an overview of misdiagnosis issues.

• Misdiagnosis Overview
• How Common is Misdiagnosis?
• Over-Diagnosed Diseases
• Under-Diagnosed Diseases
• Types of Misdiagnosis
• Wrong Type Misdiagnosis
• Why Does Misdiagnosis Occur?
• Difficult Diseases to Diagnose
• More premium medical articles ...

About misdiagnosis:

When checking for a misdiagnosis of Autoimmune diseases or confirming a diagnosis of Autoimmune diseases, it is useful to consider what other medical conditions might be possible misdiagnoses or other alternative conditions relevant to diagnosis. These alternate diagnoses of Autoimmune diseases may already have been considered by your doctor or may need to be considered as possible alternative diagnoses or candidates for misdiagnosis of Autoimmune diseases. For a general overview of misdiagnosis issues for all diseases, see Overview of Misdiagnosis.

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