Asneezia-a medically unexplained symptom and abnormal illness behavior : review of literature and a case report

Other Title(s)

اللاعطس-عرض غير مفسر طبيا مصحوب بسلوك مرضي غير طبيعي : مراجعة للأدبيات و تقرير حالة

Joint Authors

Chaturvedi, Santosh K.
Desai, Geetha
Sharma, Manoj K.

Source

The Arab Journal of Psychiatry

Issue

Vol. 23, Issue 2 (30 Nov. 2012), pp.175-177, 3 p.

Publisher

The Arab Federation of Psychiatrists

Publication Date

2012-11-30

Country of Publication

Jordan

No. of Pages

3

Main Subjects

Medicine

Topics

Abstract AR

الأهداف: اللاعطس، أو غیاب العطس أو عدم القدرة على العطس، یتم تقدیمھا ھنا على أنھا شكل من أشكال السلوك المرضي الغیر طبیعي، ھذا المرض و الذي لاتعرف نتیجته و لا یمكن تفسیره طبيا یمكن أن یؤدي لزعاج ھائل للفرد، و یصبح عبئا على الخدمات الصحیة.

الطریقة: تقدم ھنا حالة مع التقییم للسلوك المرضي الغیر طبیعي و القییم النفسي.

النتائج: حالة اللاعطس، و صفت بأن لھا علاقة باضطراب الاكتئاب، و ھنا لھا علاقة باضطراب الوسواس القھري و تكدر المزاج.

الخلاصة: اللاعطس ھو عرض غیر مفسر طبيا و قد یؤدي للإھتمام المراقي و الإعتقاد بوجود مرض، و یظھر كسلوك مرضي غیر طبیعي.

Abstract EN

Objective : Asneezia, absence of sneezing or inability to sneeze, is presented here as a form of abnormal illness behavior.

A symptom of indeterminate value, and a medically unexplained symptom, asneezia can cause tremendous distress to the person, and become a burden on the health services.

Method : A case report is presented here, along with the assessment of abnormal illness behavior and psychological assessment of the patient.

Results : Asneezia is reported to be associated with depressive disorders, and, here, in association with obsessive compulsive disorder and dysthymia.

Conclusions : Asneezia, as a medically unexplained symptom, can lead to hypochondriacally concern and disease conviction, and manifest as abnormal illness behavior.

American Psychological Association (APA)

Chaturvedi, Santosh K.& Desai, Geetha& Sharma, Manoj K.. 2012. Asneezia-a medically unexplained symptom and abnormal illness behavior : review of literature and a case report. The Arab Journal of Psychiatry،Vol. 23, no. 2, pp.175-177.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-314417

Modern Language Association (MLA)

Chaturvedi, Santosh K.…[et al.]. Asneezia-a medically unexplained symptom and abnormal illness behavior : review of literature and a case report. The Arab Journal of Psychiatry Vol. 23, no. 2 (Nov. 2012), pp.175-177.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-314417

American Medical Association (AMA)

Chaturvedi, Santosh K.& Desai, Geetha& Sharma, Manoj K.. Asneezia-a medically unexplained symptom and abnormal illness behavior : review of literature and a case report. The Arab Journal of Psychiatry. 2012. Vol. 23, no. 2, pp.175-177.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-314417

Data Type

Journal Articles

Language

English

Notes

Includes bibliographical references : p. 176-177

Record ID

BIM-314417