Can a person fake porphyria?

Question

If a specialists in this field states that this person does not have porphyria, and special tests were completed, what else could mimic this disease? Please help

Answer 1

I think porphyria is sometimes diagnosed incorrectly as a mental issue, so apparently some psychological problems can cause similar symptoms.

Physical stuff- Guillan Barre (sp?) or lupus or lead poisoning I think, I'm sure there are others. Porphyria is misdiagnosed a lot as something else entirely, so I think it must have similarities to a lot of health issues.

I don't think you can 'fake' it to the point of being officially diagnosed with it really, there are medical tests that prove the diagnosis. I suppose a certain number of symptoms can be faked though?

Answer 2

i do not no sorry,

but you just added some advice on my question and i wasn't sure how to message you.

Thanks, i will be looking into a urologist

Answer 3

Some of it, maybe.  put in porphyria and mimic in the search engine.  I did catch a glimpse of Gullian-Barre syndrome being one condition that mimics porphyria (under emedicine/webmd but it looked like a link that costs money to read).  There are quite a few associations out there that may also have a list of similar conditions.