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False pregnancy (or pseudocyesis, from the Greek pseudes "false" and kyesis "pregnancy") [1] is the appearance of clinical or subclinical signs and symptoms associated with pregnancy although the individual is not physically carrying a fetus. [2]
Techniques used for pregnancy diagnosis in swine include ultrasonography, amplitude depth machines, and Doppler machines. [ 11 ] Mycotoxins have been shown to be detrimental to sows and gilts by causing the female to retain a corpora lutea inhibiting cyclicity and causing a pseudopregnancy; as well as a constant exhibition of estrus, and ...
The term cryptic pregnancy is used by medical professionals to describe a pregnancy that is not recognized by the woman who is pregnant until she is in labor or has given birth. [1] The term is also used online for a special form of false pregnancy (pseudocyesis), or delusion of pregnancy, in which a woman who has no medical verification of ...
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"Flanders Dunbar defined pseudocyesis in 1938 as "a condition in which a woman firmly believes herself to be pregnant and develops objective pregnancy signs in the absence of pregnancy."[sup.]1 Although pseudocyesis is occasionally reported in men as well as in women, this definition holds true today."
Shanna Moakler is explaining the events that led to her receiving a false positive pregnancy test. The 46-year-old model and reality star told People earlier this month that she had received a ...
Although Hilton is used to rumors being spread about her, she tells Variety that the false report, which spre Paris Hilton on How False Pregnancy Reports Highlight Media’s Mistreatment of Women ...
In 2007, Ramachandran served as an expert witness on pseudocyesis (false pregnancy) at the trial of Lisa Marie Montgomery. [18] Ramachandran has served as a consultant to the Modius company which is developing weight reduction technology that relies on electrically stimulating parts of the brain that control weight loss.