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A Rare Presentation of Shared Phenomenon in Dissociative Disorders in Extreme of Ages: A Report of Two Cases
Sengar, Anurag Mehta, Rajiv Owolabi, Oluwasayo J. Garg, Tulika Ezenagu, Uchenna E. Apata, Esther O. Ali, Munira Abdefatah Omar, Zainab Khan, Aadil
Sengar, Anurag
Mehta, Rajiv
Owolabi, Oluwasayo J.
Garg, Tulika
Ezenagu, Uchenna E.
Apata, Esther O.
Ali, Munira Abdefatah
Omar, Zainab
Khan, Aadil
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2022-12-25
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http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.32911
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Conversion disorders (CD) are changes in sensorimotor activity experienced by an individual due to an external event. Patients may experience "pseudoseizures" accompanied by the presence or absence of loss of consciousness. Disorders of movement and sensation is the term used to classify the various kinds of CDs in the International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision (ICD-10) diagnostic manual, and they are the rarest among all dissociative disorders. We will discuss two instances that are particularly rare. The first includes an older couple, starting with the wife, who had nervousness, heightened worry, intrusive thoughts, heavy perspiration, palpitations, headaches, and problems sleeping. She was prescribed 10 mg once-daily escitalopram. She stopped taking her medication and had facial and hand problems. The patient's 65-year-old husband started having strange hand and face movements and lost consciousness. The pair was hospitalized willingly and had radiographic (MRI and non-contrast computerized tomography {NCCT} head), nerve conduction, and neurological tests to rule out a movement issue. No inquiry or inspections uncovered anything unusual. The second case involves a mother and her 13-year-old son, who was taken to a psychiatric unit after urinating on a religious shrine. His mother had the same issue and couldn't urinate for days. Both patients were given 25 mg of paroxetine and benzodiazepines for anxiety and sleeplessness. After a week of medicine and psychotherapy after identifying stressors, both cases improved.
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Sengar A, Mehta, Owolabi O J, et al. (December 25, 2022) A Rare Presentation of Shared Phenomenon in Dissociative Disorders in Extreme of Ages: A Report of Two Cases. Cureus 14(12): e32911. doi:10.7759/cureus.32911
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Cureus: Journal of Medical Science, Vol. 14
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