Diagnostic Tests for Nervousness

Diagnostic Test list for Nervousness:

The list of diagnostic tests mentioned in various sources as used in the diagnosis of Nervousness includes:

• Physical examination
  • Examine for possible causes of physical illness that may cause nervousness or present as nervousness - e.g. enlarged thyroid associated with hyperthyroidism.
• Mental state examination - including appearance, behavior, rate and continuity of speech, mood, affect, thought content, evidence of any hallucinations or abnormal beliefs, orientation to time, place and person, attention and concentration, short-term memory, insight and judgement.
• Blood tests
  • Thyroid function test to rule out hyperthyroidism
  • Serum insulin is elevated in insulinoma
• Urine tests
  • 24 hr urinary catecholamines to rule out phaeochromocytoma
  • Drug screen if indicated to rule out drugs of abuse as cause of anxiety
• 24hr hour holter monitor - to rule out paroxysmal cardiac arrhythmia that may be confused with nervousness due to palpitations.
• EEG - performed if nervousness is intermittent to rule out epilepsy.

Home Diagnostic Testing

These home medical tests may be relevant to Nervousness causes:

• Child Behavior: Home Testing
  • ADHD -- Home Test Kits
  • Concentration -- Home Testing
• Mental Health (Adults): Home Testing
  • Adult ADHD -- Home Testing
  • Concentration -- Home Tests
• Home Drug Tests
  • Home Marijuana Tests
  • Home Cocaine Tests
  • Home Alcohol Tests
  • Hair Drug Screening Tests
  • Methamphetamine Tests
  • Opiate Drug Tests
  • Benzodiazepine Drug Tests
  • Multiple Drug Screening Kits
• Smoking-Related Disorders: Home Testing:
  • Nicotine Home Tests
  • Home Lung Function Tests
  • Asthma-Related Home Testing
• Mental Health: Home Testing:
  • Home Emotional Stress Tests
  • ADHD -- Home Testing
  • Concentration -- Home Test Kits
• Brain & Neurological Disorders: Related Home Testing:
  • ADHD -- Home Tests
  • Drug Screening Kits

Conditions listing medical symptoms: Nervousness:

The following list of conditions have 'Nervousness' or similar listed as a symptom in our database. This computer-generated list may be inaccurate or incomplete. Always seek prompt professional medical advice about the cause of any symptom.

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