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Symptoms are inconsistent, but can include headache, fatigue, difficulty sleeping, as well as similar non-specific indications. [22] Provocation studies find that the discomfort of sufferers is unrelated to hidden sources of radiation, [ 23 ] and "no scientific basis currently exists for a connection between EHS and exposure to [electromagnetic ...
Abuse may prompt a feeling of lack of control, and the person may use faked symptoms and a fabricated medical history to gain back a sense of autonomy. [ 3 ] Those with factitious disorder are also more likely to have experienced a severe illness in childhood, with the early exposure to healthcare being a major contributor to the onset of the ...
A disease invented by Squidward so he did not have to go to work. SpongeBob takes the fake disease literally over the course of the episode. The suds SpongeBob SquarePants ("Suds") The suds is an illness that only sponges can catch, causing constant sneezing of bubbles and whitened skin tone. It is essentially a common cold. The suds can be ...
People may fake their symptoms in multiple ways. Other than making up past medical histories and faking illnesses, people might inflict harm on themselves by consuming laxatives or other substances, self-inflicting injury to induce bleeding, and altering laboratory samples. [12]
This is an incomplete list of Munchausen by proxy cases. Also known as factitious disorder imposed on another, Munchausen by proxy is a condition in which a caregiver creates the appearance of health problems in another person, typically their own child. This may include injuring the proxy or altering test samples.
Australian health influencer Belle Gibson faked a terminal brain cancer diagnosis and claimed she cured her disease with a special diet and alternative therapies. Gibson sold a cookbook and app ...
Factitious disorder imposed on another (FDIA), also known as fabricated or induced illness by carers (FII) and first named as Munchausen syndrome by proxy (MSbP) after Munchausen syndrome, is a mental health disorder in which a caregiver creates the appearance of health problems in another person - typically their child, and sometimes (rarely) when an adult falsely simulates an illness or ...
An eponymous disease is a disease, disorder, condition, or syndrome named after a person, usually the physician or other health care professional who first identified the disease; less commonly, a patient who had the disease; rarely, a literary character who exhibited signs of the disease or an actor or subject of an allusion, as characteristics associated with them were suggestive of symptoms ...