as in to overdiagnose
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Recent Examples of misdiagnose
Verywell Health: Why is hidradenitis suppurativa so commonly misdiagnosed?
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Team Verywell Health, Verywell Health, 3 Apr. 2025
Narcolepsy symptoms usually begin between the ages of 7 and 25 and often are misdiagnosed, according to the National Institutes of Health.
—Seth Emerson, New York Times, 26 Mar. 2025
Furthermore, dismissing that underlying condition as mental illness can instigate the very illness being misdiagnosed.
—Shreyas Teegala, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 Mar. 2025
Autopsies can catch hereditary illnesses that doctors tend to miss, such as signet-ring-cell carcinomas, and reveal causes of dementia that may have been misdiagnosed as Alzheimer’s.
—Samuel Ashworth, The Atlantic, 20 Mar. 2025
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Team Verywell Health, Verywell Health, 3 Apr. 2025
Narcolepsy symptoms usually begin between the ages of 7 and 25 and often are misdiagnosed, according to the National Institutes of Health.
—Seth Emerson, New York Times, 26 Mar. 2025
Furthermore, dismissing that underlying condition as mental illness can instigate the very illness being misdiagnosed.
—Shreyas Teegala, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 Mar. 2025
Autopsies can catch hereditary illnesses that doctors tend to miss, such as signet-ring-cell carcinomas, and reveal causes of dementia that may have been misdiagnosed as Alzheimer’s.
—Samuel Ashworth, The Atlantic, 20 Mar. 2025
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“Misdiagnose.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/misdiagnose. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.
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