Misdiagnosis of Hypochondriasis
| About misdiagnosis: When checking for a misdiagnosis of Hypochondriasis or confirming a diagnosis of Hypochondriasis, it is useful to consider what other medical conditions might be possible misdiagnoses or other alternative conditions relevant to diagnosis. These alternate diagnoses of Hypochondriasis may already have been considered by your doctor or may need to be considered as possible alternative diagnoses or candidates for misdiagnosis of Hypochondriasis. For a general overview of misdiagnosis issues for all diseases, see Overview of Misdiagnosis. |
Alternative diagnoses list for Hypochondriasis: For a diagnosis of Hypochondriasis, the following list of conditions have been mentioned in sources as possible alternative diagnoses to consider during the diagnostic process for Hypochondriasis:
- Normal behavior - some level of anxiety about health is normal.
- Physical disease - people can obviously be sick if they think that they are.
- Conditions involving transfer of mental processes into symptoms:
- Specific phobia (type of Phobias) - i.e. a specific phobia fear about getting a disease.
- Conditions with unusual beliefs that may also involve fears about medical conditions:
- Other types of anxiety conditions:
Hypochondriasis as an alternative diagnosis: The other diseases for which Hypochondriasis is listed as a possible alternative diagnosis in their lists include:
- Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
- Conversion Disorder
- Delusional disorder
- Generalized anxiety disorder
- Obsessive-compulsive disorder
Misdiagnosis cases for Hypochondriasis:
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Last revision:
July 1, 2003
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