Symptoms of psychosomatic illness still cause pain and discomfort and should be treated. It does not matter how a condition formed, it still requires treatment.
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psychosomatic symptoms
The first symptoms a psychosomatic disorders generally appear in the first few stages. Though the severity of these symptoms vary on a case to case basis.
There is no cure for Alpers'disease. Also, there is currently no treatment that will slow the progression of the disease. Therefore, treatment is aimed at symptoms such as the seizures.
There is no cure for tuberous sclerosis. Therefore, treatment is based upon symptoms.
A physician typically administers a psychosomatic test to determine if the illness or symptoms described are physical or mental in nature. However, there are different books available in the library and online that can be helpful.
hypochondriacAnswerI think the term used for someone who complains about and seeks treatment for nonexistent medical problems is a Hypochondriac.Someone who makes themselves ill to receive medical treatment is a suffer of Munchhausen's syndrome.Hope this helps. Yes, Munchausen Biproxy is a severe form of hypochondriasis. There is also something called Briquet's Syndrome (or Somatophorm Disorder), which is a psychosomatic disorder characterized by physcial symptoms which mimic disease or injury, but there is no identifiable cause. It is an idiopathic disorder of unknown etiology.
Relating to a medical symptom or series of symptoms that have no biological base.
It's just an adjective so you use it as you would with any other. For example; 1. Jeremy has been getting awful headaches since his wife left him; the doctors say it's psychosomatic. 2. Psychosomatic illnesses are those in which mental or emotional disturbances cause bodily symptoms.
"Psycho" means mind. "Somato" means body. Psychosomatic refers to symptoms of a bodily illness which exist only in the mind. Many mental illnesses cause you to feel symptoms like pain or discomfort. These are not entirely imaginary, though many people think that is what the term means. The ill person is in actual discomfort - the only problem is that there is no place on the body that you can treat to relieve the discomfort.
There is no cure available for Devic syndrome. Treatment, therefore, is based solely on lessening the symptoms and providing comfort care for individuals that are in the more advanced stages of the disease.
Psychosomatic, and I just answered this. It's when a person believes themself to be sick or ill and as a result they feel sick or ill and complain of symptoms.
Psychosomania is an anxiety attack in which a person believes they are sick. These attacks can be so severe that the person can litterally create false symptoms that fit the illness they believe they have. These symptoms can be so real that doctors are faked out and prescribe real medication. This medication, when introduced into our psychosomatic patient, can cause real damage just as if they are proscribed to a healthy one.