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Misdiagnosis of Cold sores

Contents
  1. Cold sores: Introduction
  2. Possible Misdiagnoses
  3. Common Misdiagnoses
  4. Misdiagnosis Center
  5. Cold sores: Introduction
  6. Symptoms: Cold sores
  7. Treatments
  8. Tests

Diseases for which Cold sores may be an alternative diagnosis

The other diseases for which Cold sores is listed as a possible alternative diagnosis in their lists include:

Cold sores: Hidden Causes Misdiagnosed?

Causes of Cold sores may include these medical conditions:

Cold sores Diagnosis: Book Excerpts

Cold sores: Medical Mistakes

Related medical mistakes may include:

Cold sores: Undiagnosed Conditions

Commonly undiagnosed conditions in related areas may include:

Common Misdiagnoses and Cold sores

Sinusitis is overdiagnosed: There is a tendency to give a diagnosis of sinusitis, when the condition is really a harmless complication of another infection, such as a common cold.

Whooping cough often undiagnosed: Although most children in the Western world have been immunized against whooping cough (also called "pertussis"), this protection wears off after about 15 years. Thus, any teen or adult with a persistent cough may actually have whooping cough. This is particularly dangerous for babies too young to be vaccinated, and any un-vaccinated children. Whooping cough can be fatal to an infant. The cough symptoms of whooping cough is usually productive initially, but then becomes a persistent dry cough, lasting up to 100 days. Elderly grandparents may also be a reservoir of undiagnosed whooping cough.

Psoriasis often undiagnosed cause of skin symptoms in children: Children who suffer from the skin disorder called psoriasis can often go undiagnosed. The main problem is that psoriasis is rare in children, and not often seen by physicians for this reason. children may receive treatment for fungal skin infections. See misdiagnosis of psoriasis or symptoms of psoriasis.

General Misdiagnosis Articles

Read these general articles with an overview of misdiagnosis issues.

About misdiagnosis:

When checking for a misdiagnosis of Cold sores or confirming a diagnosis of Cold sores, it is useful to consider what other medical conditions might be possible misdiagnoses or other alternative conditions relevant to diagnosis. These alternate diagnoses of Cold sores may already have been considered by your doctor or may need to be considered as possible alternative diagnoses or candidates for misdiagnosis of Cold sores. For a general overview of misdiagnosis issues for all diseases, see Overview of Misdiagnosis.


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