Misdiagnosis of Trypanosomiasis, east-African

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Diseases for which Trypanosomiasis, east-African may be an alternative diagnosis

The other diseases for which Trypanosomiasis, east-African is listed as a possible alternative diagnosis in their lists include:

Trypanosomiasis, east-African: Hidden Causes Misdiagnosed?

Causes of Trypanosomiasis, east-African may include these medical conditions:

A bite from an infected tsetse fly causes African trypanosomiasis
Blood transfusions are a rare cause of parasitic transmission
In rare cases, accidental transmission in the laboratory has been implicated
more causes...»

Trypanosomiasis, east-African: Medical Mistakes

Related medical mistakes may include:

Common Misdiagnoses and Trypanosomiasis, east-African

Antibiotics often causes diarrhea: The use of antibiotics are very likely to cause some level of diarrhea in patients. The reason is that antibiotics kill off not only "bad" bacteria, but can also kill the "good" bacteria in the gut. This leads to "digestive imbalance" where there are too few remaining "good" bacteria in the digestive system. The treatment is typically to use "probiotics", such as by eating yoghurt cultures containing more of the good bacteria. See digestive imbalance and probiotics.

Sinusitis is overdiagnosed: There is a tendency to give a diagnosis of sinusitis, when the condition is really a harmless complication of another infection, such as a common cold.

Whooping cough often undiagnosed: Although most children in the Western world have been immunized against whooping cough (also called "pertussis"), this protection wears off after about 15 years. Thus, any teen or adult with a persistent cough may actually have whooping cough. This is particularly dangerous for babies too young to be vaccinated, and any un-vaccinated children. Whooping cough can be fatal to an infant. The cough symptoms of whooping cough is usually productive initially, but then becomes a persistent dry cough, lasting up to 100 days. Elderly grandparents may also be a reservoir of undiagnosed whooping cough.

General Misdiagnosis Articles

Read these general articles with an overview of misdiagnosis issues.

About misdiagnosis:

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

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