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
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.

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