Misdiagnosis of Viral meningitis
| About misdiagnosis: When checking for a misdiagnosis of Viral meningitis or confirming a diagnosis of Viral meningitis, it is useful to consider what other medical conditions might be possible misdiagnoses or other alternative conditions relevant to diagnosis. These alternate diagnoses of Viral meningitis may already have been considered by your doctor or may need to be considered as possible alternative diagnoses or candidates for misdiagnosis of Viral meningitis. For a general overview of misdiagnosis issues for all diseases, see Overview of Misdiagnosis. |
Alternative diagnoses list for Viral meningitis: For a diagnosis of Viral meningitis, the following list of conditions have been mentioned in sources as possible alternative diagnoses to consider during the diagnostic process for Viral meningitis:
- Meningitis - other types
- Encephalitis
- Flu - because meningitis has early flu-like symptoms
- Viral infections - another cause of flu-like symptoms.
Viral meningitis as an alternative diagnosis: The other diseases for which Viral meningitis is listed as a possible alternative diagnosis in their lists include:
Discussion of diagnosis/misdiagnosis of Viral meningitis: Often, the symptoms of viral meningitis and bacterial meningitis are the same. For this reason, if you think you or your child has meningitis, see your doctor as soon as possible. 1
Misdiagnosis cases for Viral meningitis:
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Footnotes:
1. excerpt from Viral (Aseptic) Meningitis: DVRD
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