What is Factitious syndromes?

Contents

Factitious syndromes: Introduction
Types of Factitious syndromes
Prognosis
Other names for Factitious syndromes
What causes Factitious syndromes?
What are the symptoms of Factitious syndromes?
How is it treated?
Society issues for Factitious syndromes
Factitious syndromes: Introduction

What is Factitious syndromes?

Factitious disorders refer to any medical condition whereby a person feigns symptoms or otherwise fakes their illness in order ...more »

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
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Broader types of Factitious syndromes:

How serious is Factitious syndromes?

Complications of Factitious syndromes: see complications of Factitious syndromes

What causes Factitious syndromes?

Causes of Factitious syndromes: see causes 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?

Doctors and Medical Specialists for Factitious syndromes: Psychiatrist ; see also doctors and medical specialists for Factitious syndromes.
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)
80% of hospital consultant episodes for feigning of physical or psychological symptoms or disabilities required emergency hospital admission in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
10.6 days was the mean length of stay in hospitals for feigning of physical or psychological symptoms or disabilities in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
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