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Diseases » Conversion Disorder » Glossary

Glossary for Conversion Disorder

Abdominal Pain: A condition which is characterized by the sensation of pain that is located in the abdomen
Body Dysmorphic Disorder: Delusional belief about body shape or appearance
Bradykinesia: A medical term used to describe slow execution of movements and the ability to adjust the body's position is reduced.
Chest pain: Pain in the chest area.
Constipation: Difficult or dry bowel movements
Conversion Disorder: A psychological condition where physical symptoms arise due to emotional dilemmas.
Cough: The noise produced from the sudden expulsion of air from the lungs
Dissociative disorder: A sudden change in the state of consciousness and identity
Dyspareunia: Vaginal pain after sexual intercourse
Dysuria: Painful urination
Facial pain: Pain affecting the face
Factitious syndromes: A disorder that a person believes they have that however does not exist
Headache: In medicine a headache or cephalalgia is a symptom of a number of different conditions of the head and sometimes neck. Some of the causes are benign while others are medical emergencies. It ranks among the most common pain complaints
Hyperventilation: Excessively rapid breathing causing blood gas imbalances
Hypochondriasis: A disorder characterised by a preoccupation with normal bodily functions as abnormalities
Leg pain: Pain affecting the leg
Malingering: The faking or exaggeration of symptoms of a particular condition
Mental illness: Any psychological syndrome
Neck pain: Pain affecting the neck
Pain: A feeling of suffering, agony, distress caused by the stimulation of pain fibres in the nervous system
Pain Disorder: Somatoform disorder causing pain
Paralysis symptoms: Loss of body control and/or feeling.
Pruritus: The sensation of itch
Psychiatric disorders: Any condition that affects ones mind
Psychological disorders: Any condition that affects ones mind
Rabies: An infectious disease that can affect any mammal including humans and is transmitted through the saliva of an infected animal. The infectious agent is the Neurotropic lyssavirus which affects the salivary gland and also causes neurological symptoms.
Seizures: A rare syndrome characterized by mental retardation, seizures and high levels of hydroxylysine in the urine.
Sexual dysfunction: Any dysfunction of sexual activity
Shoulder Pain: A pain that occurs in the shoulder. There is often other associated symptoms depending on the cause of the shoulder pain. For example, swelling may indicate a broken bone.
Somatization Disorder: A disorder that is characterised by multiple somatic complaints
Somatoform Disorders: A disorder that is characterised by multiple somatic complaints
Temporal lobe epilepsy: A condition which is characterized by complex partial seizures
Undifferentiated Somatoform disorder: A disorder which is characterised by one or more physical complaints that are not intentionally produced or feigned