Misdiagnosis of Obesity
| About misdiagnosis: When checking for a misdiagnosis of Obesity or confirming a diagnosis of Obesity, it is useful to consider what other medical conditions might be possible misdiagnoses or other alternative conditions relevant to diagnosis. These alternate diagnoses of Obesity may already have been considered by your doctor or may need to be considered as possible alternative diagnoses or candidates for misdiagnosis of Obesity. For a general overview of misdiagnosis issues for all diseases, see Overview of Misdiagnosis. |
Alternative diagnoses list for Obesity: For a diagnosis of Obesity, the following list of conditions have been mentioned in sources as possible alternative diagnoses to consider during the diagnostic process for Obesity:
- Fluid retention
- Edema
- See also various underlying causes of obesity
- See other causes of weight gain
Medical news summaries about misdiagnosis of Obesity: The following medical news items are relevant to misdiagnosis of Obesity:
- Breathing difficulties in obese people frequently misdiagnosed as asthma
- Implanted device alleviates previously untreatable seizure problems
- New studies show that previously determined numbers of Polycystic Ovary Syndrome sufferers were underestimated
- Obese women might be misdiagnosed with asthma
- Overweight children being underdiagnosed with Type 2 Diabetes
- Young teens cancer misdiagnosed
Misdiagnosis cases for Obesity:
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