Pseudocyesis show The False Pregnancy Symptoms

Pseudocyesis

Signs and symptoms

The symptoms of pseudocyesis are similar to the symptoms of true pregnancy and are often hard to distinguish from it. Such natural signs asamenorrhoea, morning sickness, tender breasts, and weight gain may all be present. Many health care professionals can be deceived by the symptoms associated with pseudocyesis. Research shows that 18% of women with pseudocyesis were at one time diagnosed as pregnant by medical professionals.

The hallmark sign of pseudocyesis that is common to all cases is that the affected patient is convinced that she is pregnant. Abdominal distension is the most common physical symptom of pseudocyesis (60– 90%). The abdomen expands in the same manner as it does during pregnancy, so that the affected woman looks pregnant. These symptoms often resolve under general anesthesia and the woman's abdomen returns to its normal size.

Other names include spurious pregnancy, feigned pregnancy, imaginary pregnancy, hysterical pregnancy, phantom pregnancy and grossesse nerveuse ("mental pregnancy"). John Mason Good coined the term pseudocyesis from the Greek words pseudes (false) and kyesis (pregnancy) in 1923.

Pseudocyesis Signs:

• Amenorrhoea
• Morning Sickness
• Tender Breasts
• Hypothalamo Pituitary Adrenal Axis
• Weight gain and the movement of intestinal gas
• Constipation
  

Pseudocyesis Symptoms:

• Delay/Difference in Menstruation
• Implantation Bleeding
• Nausea/Morning Sickness
• Tender, Swollen Breasts
• Fatigue
• Increased Sensitivity to Tastes or Odours
• Frequent Urination
• Abdominal Bloating
• Food Cravings
• Elevated Basal Body Temperature
  

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Pseudocyesis Treatment:

Pregnancy symptoms can vary widely from woman to woman. There are no general recommendations regarding treatment with medications. In some cases, the patient may be given medications for such symptoms as the cessation of menstruation. Because most patients with pseudocyesis have underlying psychological problems. The treatment that has had the most success is demonstrating to the patient that she is not really pregnant by the use of ultrasound or other imaging techniques.
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