Throat pain differential diagnosis
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Is there a differential diagnosis for genital herpes that someone can do at home?
Just for those cases where it's clearly not obviously herpes, with classic oozing sores, prodromes, etc.
For example, I have a patch of skin about the size of my thumb that's red and sore, on the shaft near the glans. Been there a week. I thought it was poison ivy due to the way it felt (patchy, itchy mild bumps in a line, irritated, slight oozing from the skin), but it wasn't that bad.
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Patients with vague head and neck pain symptoms can lead to an extensive differential diagnosis. One easily overlooked but important cause of chronic pain is Eagle’s syndrome (ES). Beginning in 1937, Dr. Watt Eagle published a series of articles describing a constellation of symptoms associated with an elongated styloid process. This syndrome that bears his name is associated with two classic presentations.
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Patients with vague head and neck pain symptoms can lead to an extensive differential diagnosis. One easily overlooked but important cause of chronic pain is Eagle’s syndrome (ES). Beginning in 1937, Dr. Watt Eagle published a series of articles describing a constellation of symptoms associated with an elongated styloid process. This syndrome that bears his name is associated with two classic presentations.
Also the FLAIR technique adds little to the differential diagnosis. The calculation of magnetisation transfer ratio (MT ratio) may be useful to better characterise some entities, such as vasculitis, from multiple sclerosis.
Differential diagnosis of multiple sclerosis: contribution of magnetic resonance techniques.
(essentially partially blocked blood vessels) and only after an in-person evaluation by a physician can there be a true differential diagnosis.
I’m wondering if I might have that instead of MS. I scheduled an appt with my neuro for early April to discuss a differential diagnosis with him. It’s on the list for MS mimics.
Several reasons why I’m kind of wondering if it is:
About 2005 I started going to my doctor for shortness of breath. She thought it might be asthma & gave me albuterol.
Since a little after that (about 2006?
This type of headache may cause pain on the head and face as referred pain from the neck. This may also be a headache secondary to an underlying musculoskeletal or arthritic pain.
Do you have other associated symptoms like eye redness or tearing and nasal discharge?
For how long do the headaches last?
How would you describe th headcahes? Are they throbbing, stabbing or sharp?
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Patients with vague head and neck pain symptoms can lead to an extensive differential diagnosis. One easily overlooked but important cause of chronic pain is Eagle’s syndrome (ES). Beginning in 1937, Dr. Watt Eagle published a series of articles describing a constellation of symptoms associated with an elongated styloid process. This syndrome that bears his name is associated with two classic presentations.
Migraines are vascular headaches that are associated with blurred and double vision, so this also needs to be considered as differential diagnosis. Take care.
This is abnormal by size criteria. The differential diagnosis includes a reactive lymph node, lymphoproliferative or myeloproliferative disorders, viral infections including monoucleosis or idiopathic causes of lymph node enlargement... Could somebody please tell me what this means???
Other malignancies in the differential diagnosis of the nasopharyngeal mass include lymphoma and rhabdomyosarcoma. Biopsies help differentiate these tumors. A biopsy facilitates a histologic study of cells, which gives you a definite diagnosis. So once you have the diagnosis you will know what measures or precautions you need to follow. Good Luck with the procedure.
Hope this helped and do keep us posted.
Thanks for your information..but one month back on 11-dec-2008 i did oral sex.After that i have tested For HIV(PCR test),Syphills,Heptaties B,and HSV-2 and all are negative and i also taken injection for Gonorrhea,so that if it is in my body then it will remove.
I also tested for CULTURE REPORT (Culture & Sensitvity Of Throat swab) .And the result is "No pathogens grown after 36 hours of aerobic incubation.". My Gen.
I am new to this site. I just received the results of my MRI and of course it was not in "ordinary people language." I do have the white matter changes. Quote from the report: 'The differential diagnosis includes prior trauma, migrain, accelerated small vessel ischemic disease, or demyelinating disease of infectious or inflammatory etologies. Clinical correlatio is recommended."
lI have nerve damage. I don't feel pain when I get cut or scratched.
This is why radiologists usually give a differential diagnosis. When the diagnosis is in doubt, lumbar puncture (LP; or spinal tap) to study the CSF is helpful.
I would recommend that you have an LP performed. You should have a demyelinating workup, but also send for cytology, syphilis, and herpes simplex. Also, if the MRI was not performed with vessel imaging (i.e., MRA), you should have your vessels evaluated if vasculitis is in the differential.
Neck-tongue syndrome may also be included in the differential diagnosis. Neurontin (gabapentin) or pregablin may also be effective for neuralgia. Further consultation with your neurologist is advised.
Is there any reason besides the usual that I would not be conclusive? With what you have seen, what kind of differential diagnosis could you point to? My doctor is at a loss, I think I need another opinion locally. Let me know your thoughts.
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