Tag Archives: misdiagnosis
Research: Impact of misdiagnosis in studies of ME/CFS
Researchers need to increase study sizes and apply strict diagnostic criteria Polish researchers report that the difficulties with diagnosing ME/CFS and ensuring all research participants have the same condition, can lead to inaccurate research results. Misdiagnosis can skew results … Continue reading
Research: CFS & FM sometimes mistakenly attributed to Lyme Disease (US)
Mistaken identity: many diagnoses are frequently misattributed to Lyme Disease, by Takaaki Kobayashi, Yvonne Higgins, Michael T Melia, Paul G Auwaerter in The American Journal of Medicine Nov 2021 [doi.org/10.1016/j.amjmed.2021.10.040] Highlights The majority of patients with long-term symptoms referred … Continue reading
Are surgeons missing the major differential diagnosis that is more common than multiple sclerosis & HIV combined?
Are surgeons missing the major differential diagnosis that is more common than multiple sclerosis and HIV combined?, by Nina Muirhead in Royal College of Surgeons blog, 21 Feb 2019 It’s a great feeling when we meet a new outpatient … Continue reading
Scientific progress stumbles without a valid case definition
OUP blog post, by Leonard A. Jason, August 20th 2017: Scientific progress stumbles without a valid case definition Current estimates from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) of the number of people in the United States with chronic … Continue reading
CFS misdiagnosis – how a teen diagnosed her own rare illness
The Times article, by Mike Pattenden, 16 August 2016: How a teen diagnosed her own rare illness Should you google your symptoms? This 13-year-old did, and it helped to save her life Have you had a niggling pain bothering you … Continue reading
Misdiagnosis of Femoral Arteriovenous Fistula as CFS
Case study abstract Percutaneous arterial catheterisation is commonly undertaken for a range of diagnostic and interventional procedures. Iatrogenic femoral arteriovenous fistulas are an uncommon complication of these procedures. Most are asymptomatic and close spontaneously, but can rarely increase in size … Continue reading
