Misdiagnosis of Cataracts
| About misdiagnosis: When checking for a misdiagnosis of Cataracts or confirming a diagnosis of Cataracts, it is useful to consider what other medical conditions might be possible misdiagnoses or other alternative conditions relevant to diagnosis. These alternate diagnoses of Cataracts may already have been considered by your doctor or may need to be considered as possible alternative diagnoses or candidates for misdiagnosis of Cataracts. For a general overview of misdiagnosis issues for all diseases, see Overview of Misdiagnosis. |
Alternative diagnoses list for Cataracts: For a diagnosis of Cataracts, the following list of conditions have been mentioned in sources as possible alternative diagnoses to consider during the diagnostic process for Cataracts:
- Age-related macular degeneration
- Diabetic Lens - undiagnosed diabetes can cause vision changes.
- Glaucoma
- Ocular histoplasmosis syndrome
- Corneal Dystrophies
Cataracts as an alternative diagnosis: The other diseases for which Cataracts is listed as a possible alternative diagnosis in their lists include:
- Age-related macular degeneration
- Color blindness
- Fuchs' Dystrophy
- Glaucoma
- Ocular histoplasmosis syndrome
- Open-angle glaucoma
Medical news summaries about misdiagnosis of Cataracts: The following medical news items are relevant to misdiagnosis of Cataracts:
- A faulty lens caused a woman to believe she was going blind
- Lupus can be difficult to diagnose because of it’s multitude of symptoms
- Man loses his sight while going through several misdiagnoses
Misdiagnosis cases for Cataracts:
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Last revision:
May 26, 2003
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