Misdiagnosis
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Misdiagnosis is when a doctor diagnoses a patient with something they don't have. It is one of the causes of homeopathy-cured-my-cancer anecdotes.[1]
Malaria misdiagnosis is a problem in Asia and Africa.[2][3][4] In one study, out of 414 patients going to hospitals using clinical diagnosis, 412 were prescribed anti-malarial drugs, even though 413 tested negative for malaria.[2]
Alternative medicine promoters often claim that misdiagnosis (esp. of ADD/ADHD) is another way Big Pharma pushes its drugs on people.[5][6]
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- ↑ Apparently Miraculous Cures: What Do They Tell Us?
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Overdiagnosis and mistreatment of malaria among febrile patients at primary healthcare level in Afghanistan: observational study, Toby Leslie, Amy Mikhail, Ismail Mayan, Mohammed Anwar, Sayed Bakhtash, Mohammed Nader, Clare Chandler, Christopher J M Whitty, Mark Rowland, BMJ 2012;345:e4389.
- ↑ Symptom overlap for malaria and pneumonia--policy implications for home management strategies, Källander K, Nsungwa-Sabiiti J, Peterson S., Acta Trop. 2004 Apr;90(2):211-4.
- ↑ Malaria misdiagnosis: an interview with Dr Toby Leslie, July 26, 2012.
- ↑ Conspiracy Planet: ADHD Conspiracy-Scam: Million US Kids Misdiagnosed
- ↑ Natural News:One million children misdiagnosed with ADHD