Misdiagnosis

Medical professionals should treat all of their patients with the same regard and respect. They take an oath to do no harm, regardless of the situation. Unfortunately, the reality of modern healthcare falls far short of that idealized vision. Doctors make mistakes...

January is Cervical Cancer Awareness Month. One of the reasons that there is a month devoted to this female-only form of cancer is that it often goes undiagnosed for a significant amount of time. The longer it takes someone to get a diagnosis of cervical cancer, the...

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, or COPD, is a condition that causes persistent respiratory issues such as progressive breathlessness and cough. It’s a serious condition, but it is one for which there are treatments. Unfortunately, many of the patients who are...

Asthma is a disease that causes chronic inflammation in the lungs. In a flare, the lungs and bronchial tubes swell, making it difficult, if not impossible, to breathe.  Being misdiagnosed creates a significant risk for the patient: Without bronchodilators, medications...

Many medical errors happen when a doctor mistakes one condition for another and makes an inaccurate diagnosis. There are cases in which doctors sent patients home telling them that they were suffering from indigestion when it was actually a heart attack. Doctors have...

If there's one sentiment that doctors often repeat about cancer, it's that early detection is key. Any delay in diagnosis means that a patient's prognosis will decline. You should know how common it is for cancer to be misdiagnosed as something else and which cancers...

No matter what career you are in, you will make errors from time to time. However, when someone works as a doctor, they cannot afford to make mistakes. According to a study by the John Hopkins Armstrong Institute, U.S. doctors make around 100,000 diagnosis errors each...

Medical doctors are among the most highly educated of all professionals. Many people tend to think of doctors as more ethical than people in other professions because they make a career out of caring for others. Unfortunately, medicine doesn't automatically make...

When you visit a doctor, it is because you need their expert advice. While you might be able to guess what is wrong with you, they are the ones who spent years studying and practicing medicine. So, if they tell you not to worry, chances are, you will likely believe...

When you go to a hospital or clinic for treatment of symptoms, you expect the doctors to tell you what’s wrong and make you better. Unfortunately, in many cases, medical professionals delay or wrongly diagnose patients. You may end up suffering even more by not...