A positive test is not very useful because quite a few conditions cause positive d-dimer test: liver disease, high rheumatoid factor, inflammation, malignancy, trauma, pregnancy, recent surgery as well as advanced age can cause high d-dimer test.
Schizoaffective disorder is a mental health disorder characterized by a combination of symptoms of schizophrenia, including hallucinations or delusions, and symptoms of a mood disorder, such as mania and depression. Schizoaffective disorder shares symptoms with schizophrenia and bipolar disorder, and this can lead to misdiagnosis.
A person with schizoaffective disorder who experiences depression but not mania has schizoaffective depressive type. Because of the extreme variance (from mania to depression to psychosis) of symptoms experienced by a person with schizoaffective disorder, the patient may present with any number of symptoms. For example, a person with schizoaffective disorder may: