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Bookmark or Share- Wrong Diagnosis: Why It Happens and What You Can Do - Verywell HealthA misdiagnosis describes a situation when your healthcare provider tells you that you have some illness or condition, but it's incorrect. For example, a healthcare provider might diagnose the flu, but the patient really has Lyme disease. A missed diagnosis describes the lack of a diagnosis, usually leading to no or inaccurate treatment.
- Why Getting Medically Misdiagnosed Is More Common Than You ... - HealthlineMisdiagnosis is an under-discussed issue that touches all aspects of healthcare and kills more than 40,000 people annually. Getty Images. In the United States, 12 million people are affected by...
- What to Do If You Suspect You’ve Been Misdiagnosed - HealthlineMisdiagnosis happens for many reasons, from busy doctors to patients who don’t disclose their full range of symptoms. There are many steps you can take to help get the right diagnosis, like ...
- Johns Hopkins Medicine Researchers Identify Health Conditions Likely to ...Diagnostic errors leading to death or serious, permanent disability were associated with misdiagnosed cancers (37.8%), vascular events (22.8%) and infections (13.5%) — categories that the team led by David Newman-Toker, M.D., Ph.D., director of the Johns Hopkins Armstrong Institute Center for Diagnostic Excellence, calls the “big three.”
- Cancer: What to Do When the Diagnosis Is Wrong - WebMDSpeak openly and freely with all your doctors, including the one who may have misdiagnosed you. Keep copies of all your medical records, including pathology reports and hospital stays. Ask your...
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