What is Factitious syndromes?

What is Factitious syndromes?

• Factitious syndromes: A disorder that a person believes they have that however does not exist.
• Factitious syndromes: A factitious disorder characterized by habitual presentation for hospital treatment of an apparent acute illness, the patient giving a plausible and dramatic history, all of which is false.
  Source - Diseases Database

Factitious syndromes: Introduction

Types of Factitious syndromes:

Types of Factitious syndromes:

• Munchhausen syndrome
• Munchhausen syndrome by proxy
• Factitious insulin
• Factitious diabetic pill ingestion
• Thyrotoxicosis factitia
• Factitious disorder NOS
• more types...»

How serious is Factitious syndromes?

Complications of Factitious syndromes: see complications of Factitious syndromes

What are the symptoms of Factitious syndromes?

Symptoms of Factitious syndromes: see symptoms of Factitious syndromes

Complications of Factitious syndromes: see complications of Factitious syndromes

Factitious syndromes: Testing

Diagnostic testing: see tests for Factitious syndromes.

Misdiagnosis: see misdiagnosis and Factitious syndromes.

How is it treated?

Treatments for Factitious syndromes: see treatments for Factitious syndromes

Society issues for Factitious syndromes

Hospitalization statistics for Factitious syndromes: The following are statistics from various sources about hospitalizations and Factitious syndromes:

• 0.001% (157) of hospital consultant episodes were for feigning of physical or psychological symptoms or disabilities in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
• 86% of hospital consultant episodes for feigning of required hospital admission in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
• 50% of hospital consultant episodes for feigning of physical or psychological symptoms or disabilities were for men in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
• 50% of hospital consultant episodes for feigning of physical or psychological symptoms or disabilities were for feign of physical or psychological symptoms or disabilities women in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
• more statistics...»

Name and Aliases of Factitious syndromes

Main name of condition: Factitious syndromes

Hospital addiction syndrome, Munchausen syndrome Source - Diseases Database

Research the causes of these diseases that are similar to, or related to, Factitious syndromes:

• Munchausen syndrome
• Malingering
• Mauchausen syndrome by proxy

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