Things doctors miss
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Doctors can fail to detect serious illnesses because many symptoms are often associated with benign conditions. Health problems such as rashes, menstrual disturbance, tiredness, headaches and weight gain/loss are often dismissed as harmless because they are very rarely caused by threatening diseases. Not counting gross incompetence, there are four major reasons why general practitioners and specialists alike misdiagnose serious illnesses. One cause is the hasty performance of the medical examination. Doctors in a hurry are not thorough and are likely to miss important clues. Another reason is making a diagnosis over the telephone since this forces the doctor to rely on the medical observation of people who are not qualified to give it. The third reason is the failure of patients to return when the treatment has proven ineffective. The final reason for misdiagnoses is over-familiarity with the patient, which causes doctors not to take symptoms seriously.
Publication Name: Accountancy
Subject: Business
ISSN: 0001-4664
Year: 1995
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Brain strain
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Issues concerning the effects of Parkinson's disease in middle aged people, as well as treatments are discussed. Particular attention is given to descriptions of symptoms typical of Parkinson's disease and to medical details of the brain damaged it causes.
Publication Name: Accountancy
Subject: Business
ISSN: 0001-4664
Year: 2001
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Abdominal agony
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The causes of painful stomach ache are described, with focus on the problems and treatment for nervous stomach, acid reflux, various types of ulcers including cancerous ulcers.
Publication Name: Accountancy
Subject: Business
ISSN: 0001-4664
Year: 2001
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