Misdiagnosis of Learning disabilities
| About misdiagnosis: When checking for a misdiagnosis of Learning disabilities or confirming a diagnosis of Learning disabilities, it is useful to consider what other medical conditions might be possible misdiagnoses or other alternative conditions relevant to diagnosis. These alternate diagnoses of Learning disabilities may already have been considered by your doctor or may need to be considered as possible alternative diagnoses or candidates for misdiagnosis of Learning disabilities. For a general overview of misdiagnosis issues for all diseases, see Overview of Misdiagnosis. |
Alternative diagnoses list for Learning disabilities: For a diagnosis of Learning disabilities, the following list of conditions have been mentioned in sources as possible alternative diagnoses to consider during the diagnostic process for Learning disabilities:
- Mental retardation
- Normal academic skills - there is a wide range in skills amongst people
- Pervasic developmental disorder
- Communication disorder
Medical news summaries about misdiagnosis of Learning disabilities: The following medical news items are relevant to misdiagnosis of Learning disabilities:
- Excess alcohol consumption during pregnancy can result in fetal alcohol spectrum disorder
- Symptoms of Tourette’s Syndrome can have different frequency, form and intensity of symptoms
- Vision disorder can severely handicap learning
- Vision disorder symptoms similar to ADHD and learning difficulties
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