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The failure to diagnose a condition is one of the most common types of misdiagnosis.
"Many people assume that medical malpractice is mainly about surgical errors. However, the highest dollar payouts are often related to misdiagnosis, failure to diagnose or delayed diagnosis of a severe medical condition. The top five diseases in terms of dollar payouts include breast cancer, lung cancer, colorectal cancer, heart attack, and appendicitis. In all these diseases, the typical allegations are misdiagnosis or delayed diagnosis by failing to notice the disease or mismanaging the diagnostic testing process.
Malpractice lawsuits from failure or delayed diagnosis occur mostly, in terms of dollar value, from conditions such as heart attack, breast cancer, appendicitis, lung cancer, and colon cancer. However, these are not the most common undiagnosed conditions, but are simply the ones that lead to the most rapid damages. Serious conditions such as diabetes and hypertension are very commonly undiagnosed, but do not lead as rapidly to severe injury (and hence to dollar awards in malpractice lawsuits). "
I think it's fair to say that when we get a diagnosis, we will want compensation for all the HELL we went through. Some of these doctor's are NOT doing their jobs as medical professionals and are sitting back while we as patients are forced to suffer in silence. In my case, I believe a doctor CAUSED my illness by putting me on brith control. She's retired now, probably soaking up some sun at a beach in Hawaii, not even realizing the harm she caused on my body. These doctors have more than enough money to pay up for their mistakes and failures. This is another reason to keep up the search.. justice!
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