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A Rare Presentation of Shared Phenomenon in Dissociative Disorders in Extreme of Ages: A Report of Two Cases
Conversion disorders (CD) are changes in sensorimotor activity experienced by an individual due to an external event. Patients may experience "pseudoseizures" accompanied by the presence or absence of loss of consciousness. Disorders of movement and sensation is the term used to classify t...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9871685/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36699802 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.32911 |
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author | Sengar, Anurag Mehta, Rajiv Owolabi, Oluwasayo J Garg, Tulika Ezenagu, Uchenna E Apata, Esther O Abdefatah Ali, Munira Omar, Zainab Chaudhry, Hassan A Khan, Aadil |
author_facet | Sengar, Anurag Mehta, Rajiv Owolabi, Oluwasayo J Garg, Tulika Ezenagu, Uchenna E Apata, Esther O Abdefatah Ali, Munira Omar, Zainab Chaudhry, Hassan A Khan, Aadil |
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description | Conversion disorders (CD) are changes in sensorimotor activity experienced by an individual due to an external event. Patients may experience "pseudoseizures" accompanied by the presence or absence of loss of consciousness. Disorders of movement and sensation is the term used to classify the various kinds of CDs in the International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision (ICD-10) diagnostic manual, and they are the rarest among all dissociative disorders. We will discuss two instances that are particularly rare. The first includes an older couple, starting with the wife, who had nervousness, heightened worry, intrusive thoughts, heavy perspiration, palpitations, headaches, and problems sleeping. She was prescribed 10 mg once-daily escitalopram. She stopped taking her medication and had facial and hand problems. The patient's 65-year-old husband started having strange hand and face movements and lost consciousness. The pair was hospitalized willingly and had radiographic (MRI and non-contrast computerized tomography {NCCT} head), nerve conduction, and neurological tests to rule out a movement issue. No inquiry or inspections uncovered anything unusual. The second case involves a mother and her 13-year-old son, who was taken to a psychiatric unit after urinating on a religious shrine. His mother had the same issue and couldn't urinate for days. Both patients were given 25 mg of paroxetine and benzodiazepines for anxiety and sleeplessness. After a week of medicine and psychotherapy after identifying stressors, both cases improved. |
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spelling | pubmed-98716852023-01-24 A Rare Presentation of Shared Phenomenon in Dissociative Disorders in Extreme of Ages: A Report of Two Cases Sengar, Anurag Mehta, Rajiv Owolabi, Oluwasayo J Garg, Tulika Ezenagu, Uchenna E Apata, Esther O Abdefatah Ali, Munira Omar, Zainab Chaudhry, Hassan A Khan, Aadil Cureus Pediatrics Conversion disorders (CD) are changes in sensorimotor activity experienced by an individual due to an external event. Patients may experience "pseudoseizures" accompanied by the presence or absence of loss of consciousness. Disorders of movement and sensation is the term used to classify the various kinds of CDs in the International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision (ICD-10) diagnostic manual, and they are the rarest among all dissociative disorders. We will discuss two instances that are particularly rare. The first includes an older couple, starting with the wife, who had nervousness, heightened worry, intrusive thoughts, heavy perspiration, palpitations, headaches, and problems sleeping. She was prescribed 10 mg once-daily escitalopram. She stopped taking her medication and had facial and hand problems. The patient's 65-year-old husband started having strange hand and face movements and lost consciousness. The pair was hospitalized willingly and had radiographic (MRI and non-contrast computerized tomography {NCCT} head), nerve conduction, and neurological tests to rule out a movement issue. No inquiry or inspections uncovered anything unusual. The second case involves a mother and her 13-year-old son, who was taken to a psychiatric unit after urinating on a religious shrine. His mother had the same issue and couldn't urinate for days. Both patients were given 25 mg of paroxetine and benzodiazepines for anxiety and sleeplessness. After a week of medicine and psychotherapy after identifying stressors, both cases improved. Cureus 2022-12-25 /pmc/articles/PMC9871685/ /pubmed/36699802 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.32911 Text en Copyright © 2022, Sengar et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. |
spellingShingle | Pediatrics Sengar, Anurag Mehta, Rajiv Owolabi, Oluwasayo J Garg, Tulika Ezenagu, Uchenna E Apata, Esther O Abdefatah Ali, Munira Omar, Zainab Chaudhry, Hassan A Khan, Aadil A Rare Presentation of Shared Phenomenon in Dissociative Disorders in Extreme of Ages: A Report of Two Cases |
title | A Rare Presentation of Shared Phenomenon in Dissociative Disorders in Extreme of Ages: A Report of Two Cases |
title_full | A Rare Presentation of Shared Phenomenon in Dissociative Disorders in Extreme of Ages: A Report of Two Cases |
title_fullStr | A Rare Presentation of Shared Phenomenon in Dissociative Disorders in Extreme of Ages: A Report of Two Cases |
title_full_unstemmed | A Rare Presentation of Shared Phenomenon in Dissociative Disorders in Extreme of Ages: A Report of Two Cases |
title_short | A Rare Presentation of Shared Phenomenon in Dissociative Disorders in Extreme of Ages: A Report of Two Cases |
title_sort | rare presentation of shared phenomenon in dissociative disorders in extreme of ages: a report of two cases |
topic | Pediatrics |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9871685/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36699802 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.32911 |
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