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Doctors will occasionally be wrong when diagnosing a disease. There are several factors that contribute to doctors misdiagnosing conditions.

* Rarer, less well-known conditions and diseases might not initially occur to a doctor. * If the patient has atypical symptoms, the doctor will have more difficulty diagnosing the problem. * If the patient does not tell the doctor all the symptoms, that could make it more difficult to diagnose. * If the patient has several chronic conditions, it can be harder to diagnose a new one because of trying to determine what symptoms are attributable to the new problem. * As other people do, doctors make assumptions that are incorrect, or don't pay enough attention when overworked or rushed, or have other issues that are causing them stress.

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