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Congenital metabolic disorders

Congenital metabolic disorders: Introduction

Congenital metabolic disorders: Congenital (birth) defects affecting any metabolic systems. More detailed information about the symptoms, causes, and treatments of Congenital metabolic disorders is available below.

Symptoms of Congenital metabolic disorders

• A wide range of possible symptoms depending on the particular condition involved
• Metabolic disorder present at birth - symptoms may not develop until later in some cases
• more symptoms...»

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Home Diagnostic Testing

Home medical testing related to Congenital metabolic disorders:

• Child Behavior: Home Testing
  • ADHD -- Home Test Kits
  • Concentration -- Home Testing
• Child General Health: Home Testing
  • Asthma-Related Home Tests
• more...»

Wrongly Diagnosed with Congenital metabolic disorders?

• Misdiagnosis of Congenital metabolic disorders

Types of Congenital metabolic disorders

• Heterozygous Familial Hypercholesterolemia
• Familial Apolipoprotein A-I and C-III Deficiency
• Familial Apolipoprotein A-I, C-III, A-IV Deficiency
• Hereditary Hemochromatosis
• Hypercholesterolemia, autosomal recessive
• more types...»

See full list of 778 Types of Congenital metabolic disorders

Causes of Congenital metabolic disorders

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Congenital metabolic disorders: Undiagnosed Conditions

Commonly undiagnosed diseases in related medical categories:

• Child Health Disorders -- serious medical disorders that may be undiagnosed:
  • Autism -- Undiagnosed
  • ADHD -- Undiagnosed
  • Whooping Cough -- Undiagnosed
  • Croup -- Undiagnosed
  • Appendicitis -- Undiagnosed
  • Type 1 Diabetes -- Undiagnosed
  • Sleep Apnea -- Undiagnosed
  • Middle Ear Infection -- Undiagnosed
  • Epilepsy -- Undiagnosed
• more undiagnosed conditions...»

Misdiagnosis and Congenital metabolic disorders

Mild worm infections undiagnosed in children: Human worm infestations, esp. threadworm, can be overlooked in some cases, because it may cause only mild or even absent symptoms....read more »

Mesenteric adenitis misdiagnosed as appendicitis in children: Because appendicitis is one of the more feared conditions for a child with abdominal pain, it can be over-diagnosed (it can, of course, also fail to be diagnosed with...read more »

Blood pressure cuffs misdiagnose hypertension in children: One known misdiagnosis issue with hyperension, arises in relation to the simple equipment used to test blood pressure. The "cuff"...read more »

Children with migraine often misdiagnosed: A migraine often fails to be correctly diagnosed in pediatric patients. These patients are not the typical migraine sufferers, but migraines...read more »

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Congenital metabolic disorders: Research Doctors & Specialists

Research related physicians and medical specialists:

• Baby & Newborn Health Specialists:
  • Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine
  • Obstetrics & Gynecology
• Child Health Specialists (Pediatrics):
  • Pediatrics (Child Health Specialist)
  • Adolescent Medicine (Teen Health)
  • Pediatric / Adolescent Psychiatry (Child/Teen Mental Health)
  • Pediatric Allergy and Immunology (Child Allergies / Immune Diseases)
  • Pediatric Cardiology (Child Heart Specialists)
  • Pediatric Critical Care Medicine
  • Pediatric Dentistry (Child Dental Health)
  • Pediatric Dermatology (Child Skin Health)
  • Pediatric Developmental Behavioral Health (Child Behavior)
  • Pediatric Emergency Medicine
  • Pediatric Endocrinology (Child Hormones)
  • Pediatric Gastroenterology (Child Digestive Specialists)
  • Pediatric Hematology / Oncology
  • Pediatric Infectious Disease Medicine
  • Pediatric Medical Toxicology (Child Poisoning)
  • Pediatric Nephrology (Child Kidney Specialists)
• more specialists...»

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Hospitals & Clinics: Congenital metabolic disorders

Research quality ratings and patient safety measures for medical facilities in specialties related to Congenital metabolic disorders:

• Child Health (Pediatrics) -- Hospital Quality Ratings
• more hospital ratings...»

Hospital & Clinic quality ratings »

Choosing the Best Hospital: More general information, not necessarily in relation to Congenital metabolic disorders, on hospital performance and surgical care quality:

• 50 Best Hospitals Report
• Outstanding Patient Experience Award Winning Hospitals
• Women's Health Best Hospitals
• Patient Safety
• Hospital Quality and Clinical Excellence Study (2009)

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