Symptom: Auditory hallucinations

Introduction: Auditory hallucinations

Hallucinations can affect any of the senses including sight (visual hallucinations), hearing sounds of voices (auditory hallucinations) or other senses (e.g. taste hallucinations). Hallucinations can occur from many causes, ranging from causes such as hallucinations from a high fever (esp. in children or the elderly), various types of drug use or intoxication, brain disorders (e.g. epilepsy), or from delusional disorders such as schizoprenia (and variants of these disorders). Many causes are possible and hallucinations of any kind need immediate professional medical assessment.

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Causes of Auditory hallucinations:

The following medical conditions are some of the possible causes of Auditory hallucinations. There are likely to be other possible causes, so ask your doctor about your symptoms.

• Alcohol withdrawal
• Anticholinergics
• Schizoaffective disorder
• Acute psychosis (see Psychotic Behaviour)
• Dementia
• Delirium
• Depression
• Amphetamines
• Ketamine
• Narcolepsy

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Auditory hallucinations: Multiple Symptom Checker

Listed below are some combinations of symptoms associated with Auditory hallucinations, as listed in our database. Visit the Multiple Symptoms Checker, to add and remove symptoms and research your condition.

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Multiple Symptom Checker Combinations

• Auditory hallucinations and Hallucinations (10 causes)
• Auditory hallucinations and Mental problems (10 causes)
• Auditory hallucinations and Behavioral symptoms (9 causes)
• Auditory hallucinations and Delusions (9 causes)
• Auditory hallucinations and Confusion (8 causes)
• Auditory hallucinations and Personality symptoms (7 causes)
• Auditory hallucinations and Society problems (7 causes)
• Auditory hallucinations and Anxiety (6 causes)
• Auditory hallucinations and Emotional symptoms (6 causes)
• Auditory hallucinations and Muscle symptoms (6 causes)
• Auditory hallucinations and Agitation (5 causes)
• Auditory hallucinations and Depressive symptoms (5 causes)
• Auditory hallucinations and Forgetfulness (5 causes)
• Auditory hallucinations and Movement symptoms (5 causes)
• Auditory hallucinations and Vision changes (5 causes)
• Auditory hallucinations and Vision distortion (5 causes)
• Auditory hallucinations and Visual problems (5 causes)
• Auditory hallucinations and Hyperactivity (5 causes)
• Auditory hallucinations and Irritability (5 causes)
• Auditory hallucinations and Delirium (4 causes)

See full list of 227 Multiple Symptom Checker combinations related to Auditory hallucinations

Home Diagnostic Testing and Auditory hallucinations

Home medical tests possibly related to Auditory hallucinations:

• Ear Infections: Home Testing:
  • Home Ear Infection Tests
  • Home Ear Tests
  • Home Hearing Tests
• Mental Health: Home Testing:
  • Home Emotional Stress Tests

Causes of General Symptom Types

Research the causes of these more general types of symptom:

• Hallucinations (149 causes)
• Delusions (81 causes)
• Mental problems (1944 causes)
• Behavioral symptoms (2767 causes)
• Personality symptoms (2477 causes)

Causes of Similar Symptoms to Auditory hallucinations

Research the causes of these symptoms that are similar to, or related to, the symptom Auditory hallucinations:

• Hallucinations (149 causes)
• Delusions (81 causes)
• Paranoia (31 causes)
• Schizophrenia
• Hearing symptoms (747 causes)

Diagnostic Guides for Auditory hallucinations

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Misdiagnosis and Auditory hallucinations

Undiagnosed stroke leads to misdiagnosed aphasia: BBC News UK reported on a man who had been institutionalized and treated for mental illness because he...read more »

Dementia may be a drug interaction: A common scenario in aged care is for a patient to show mental decline to dementia. Whereas this can, of course, occur due to various medical conditions, such as a stroke or ...read more »

ADHD under-diagnosed in adults: Although the over-diagnoses of ADHD in children is a well-known controversy, the reverse side related to adults. Some adults can remain undiagnosed, and indeed the condition has usually been overlooked throughout childhood. There are as many...read more »

Bipolar disorder misdiagosed as various conditions by primary physicians: Bipolar disorder (manic-depressive disorder) often fails to be diagnosed correctly...read more »

Eating disorders under-diagnosed in men: The typical patient with an eating disorder is female. The result is that men with eating disorders often fail to be diagnosed or have a delayed...read more »

Depression undiagnosed in teenagers: Serious bouts of depression can be undiagnosed in teenagers. The "normal" moodiness of teenagers can cause severe medical depression to be...read more »

Undiagnosed anxiety disorders related to depression: Patients with depression (see symptoms of depression) may also have undiagnosed anxiety disorders (see symptoms of anxiety disorders). Failure to diagnose these anxiety disorders...read more »

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Stories from Users for Auditory hallucinations

Real-life user stories relating to Auditory hallucinations:

• Hallucinations
• Hearing voices
• hallucinations
• Hallucinations
• Paranoid Delusions
• help for paranoid delusions?
• woke up and had hallucination?
• Mom hearing sounds(voices)
• Auditory Hallucinations
• difference between hearing voices and thoughts
• Hallucinations
• hearing voices was just put off to deafness
• Downs & Hallucinations

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Causes of Auditory hallucinations listed in Disease Database:

Other medical conditions listed in the Disease Database as possible causes of Auditory hallucinations as a symptom include:

• Schizophrenia
• Temporal lobe epilepsy

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Drug interactions causing Auditory hallucinations:

When combined, certain drugs, medications, substances or toxins may react causing Auditory hallucinations as a symptom. Always advise your doctor of any medications or treatments you are using, including prescription, over-the-counter, supplements, herbal or alternative treatments.

• Metronidazole and Disulfiram interaction

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Organs affected by Auditory hallucinations:

The list of organs typically affected by Auditory hallucinations may include, but is not limited to:

• Brain

Detailed list of causes of Auditory hallucinations

The list below shows some of the causes of Auditory hallucinations mentioned in various sources:

• Acute psychosis
• Alcohol withdrawal - sound hallucinations
• Amphetamines
• Anticholinergics
• Delirium

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How Common are these Causes of Auditory hallucinations?

This information refers to the general prevalence and incidence of these diseases, not to how likely they are to be the actual cause of Auditory hallucinations. Of the 15 causes of Auditory hallucinations that we have listed, we have the following prevalence/incidence information:

• 1 causes are "very common" diseases
• 1 causes are "common" diseases
• 1 causes are "uncommon" diseases
• 1 causes are "rare" diseases
• 0 causes are "very rare" diseases
• 13 causes have no prevalence information.

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Conditions listing symptoms: Auditory hallucinations:

The following list of conditions have 'Auditory hallucinations' or similar listed as a symptom in our database. This computer-generated list may be inaccurate or incomplete. Always seek prompt professional medical advice about the cause of any symptom.

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Causes of Auditory hallucinations Based on Risk Factors

This information shows analysis of the list of causes of Auditory hallucinations based on whether certain risk factors apply to the patient: