Undiagnosed

A Simple Exercise Can Uncover Undiagnosed Asthma

Researchers from the Coalition of Health for Asthmatics in Sports and Exercise and the Center for Asthma and Allergy Care, gave an exercise test // to 127, 6- to 18-year olds who had at least one risk factor for asthma. Risk factors were determined by a 10-item questionnaire. The most common risk factor noted by children was a family member having allergies or asthma. For the exercise test, kid...

Stroke In The Right-Brain Can Remain Undiagnosed

It may be easier to diagnose strokes affecting the left-brain than the right brain, said a report in the recent issue of The Lancet.// The authors state that discrepancy could be due to difficulties in recognizing the symptoms of right-brain stroke. Cerebrovascular events are frequently accompanied by characteristic neurological deficits, depending on the side of the brain the l...

Undiagnosed cyst lands GP in trouble.

SA Christchurch GP is in a tight spot after a complaint recorded in the medical complaints tribunal has pointed at him for medical negligence in diagnosing an ovarian cyst weighing 14.7 kg. The doctor//, whose name has not been made public, communicated to the tribunal that the patient in question, a woman aged 44, had been consulting him for 12 years, but had not portrayed any symptoms of a cyst...

80% of lung disease remains ‘undiagnosed’..

According to health experts, 80% of people suffering from severe chronic lung disease associated with smoking in UK are not even aware of it.// Chronic Bronchitis and Emphysema constitute the condition, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD). Long-term damage to lung tissue by smoking can lead to the development of lung cancer as well as COPD. Professor Robert West, d...

Adults with BPD may have undiagnosed ADHD

In a major retrospective medical claims analysis at a medical meeting of child and adolescent psychiatrists, Shire plc announced that several adults with a depressive disorder, Bipolar Disorder (BPD) // , or an anxiety disorder might also have undiagnosed Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) Nearly 2.5% of the adults originally diagnosed with BPD were also diagnosed with AD...

Cognitive decline in the elderly people often goes undiagnosed

A subtle change occurs in the cognitive ability of several elderly patients who are hospitalized with a severe disease. // This alteration often goes undiagnosed, untreated and underreported and ends up with a negative effect on the patient’s ability to make decisions about his or her medical treatment. Symptoms like disorientation, forgetfulness and an inability to follow directions...

Holiday Gluttony Can Spell Disaster for Undiagnosed Diabetics

Hearty feasts and couch-potato marathons are holiday traditions, but UT Southwestern Medical Center experts warn that packing on pounds //and not exercising could be deadly for the 6 million Americans who have diabetes and don’t even know it. Diabetes, a metabolic disorder linked with obesity, can be a silent killer because its symptoms aren’t sudden, but build up over time and lead to...

Mozambique: Half of Tuberculosis Cases Go Undiagnosed

The number of cases of tuberculosis diagnosed in Mozambican health units is well below the real number of infections, warned// Health Minister Ivo Garrido on Wednesday. Speaking in Maputo, at the opening of a national meeting on tuberculosis, Garrido said, "in our country, we only manage to detect about 50 per cent of people suffering from tuberculosis". In 2006, he noted, 35,...

Depression Common Among Pregnant Women, but Frequently Undiagnosed

Prenatal depression is a common but frequently undiagnosed condition that affects pregnant women, as emphasized by a new study published in the Journal of Obstetric, Gynecologic, & Neonatal Nursing. Because the symptoms of depression such as weight gain, fatigue, sleep and appetite disturbance, and diminished libido can be confused with the changes associated with pregnancy, many women go undi...