Peripartum mood disturbances differential diagnosis: Difference between revisions
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==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
[Disease name] must be differentiated from other diseases that cause [clinical feature 1], [clinical feature 2], and [clinical feature 3], such as [differential dx1], [differential dx2], and [differential dx3]. | Depression in the postpartum period without psychotic features is called postpartum depression and if psychotic features are present then it becomes [Disease name] must be differentiated from other diseases that cause [clinical feature 1], [clinical feature 2], and [clinical feature 3], such as [differential dx1], [differential dx2], and [differential dx3]. | ||
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|Presents with feelings of dread, worry, lack of concentration, sleeping and eating problems, [[nausea]], [[palpitations]], [[dizziness]]. | |Presents with feelings of dread, worry, lack of concentration, sleeping and eating problems, [[nausea]], [[palpitations]], [[dizziness]]. | ||
|The new mother has low [[mood]], frequent crying, change in [[appetite]] and sleep, feeling of inadequacy. | |The new mother has low [[mood]], frequent crying, change in [[appetite]] and sleep, feeling of inadequacy. | ||
|[[Mood disorders|Mood diorders]] along with other [[physiologic]] symptoms | |[[Mood disorders|Mood diorders]] along with other [[physiologic]] symptoms | ||
|The mother experiences agitation, [[delusions]], [[hallucinations]], [[sleep deprivation]] for several nights and change in [[behaviour]]. | |The mother experiences agitation, [[delusions]], [[hallucinations]], [[sleep deprivation]] for several nights and change in [[behaviour]]. | ||
Revision as of 16:35, 3 August 2021
Template:Atherosclerosis Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Sunita Kumawat, M.B.B.S[2]
Overview
Depression in the postpartum period without psychotic features is called postpartum depression and if psychotic features are present then it becomes [Disease name] must be differentiated from other diseases that cause [clinical feature 1], [clinical feature 2], and [clinical feature 3], such as [differential dx1], [differential dx2], and [differential dx3].
OR
[Disease name] must be differentiated from [[differential dx1], [differential dx2], and [differential dx3].
Differentiating Postpartum depression from other Diseases
| Postpartum anxiety | Postpartum blues | Hyperthyroidism or Hypothyroidism | Postpartum Psychosis |
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| The onset is anywhere between child birth to one year. | They usually occur within a few days after child birth and improve within a week or two. | Differentiated by evaluating free T4 and TSH levels. | This presents within days or weeks post delivery. |
| Presents with feelings of dread, worry, lack of concentration, sleeping and eating problems, nausea, palpitations, dizziness. | The new mother has low mood, frequent crying, change in appetite and sleep, feeling of inadequacy. | Mood diorders along with other physiologic symptoms | The mother experiences agitation, delusions, hallucinations, sleep deprivation for several nights and change in behaviour. |
| The condition does not subside on its own. The patient has to seek medical advice.[1] | Does not impact day to day functioning or the capacity to look after the baby. | This is acute in onset and an emergency situation with the risks of suicide and harm to the baby. |