Patient's Query
Hello doctor,
My sister was in stress for five days due to her mother in law, and she did not sleep for four days. The next day she fainted, and we took her to the hospital. I observed that she started forgetting small things and talk like a child. But she remembers everything but behaves like a child. Please help.
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Your sister is suffering from conversion disorder, and the common name is hysteria. In hysteria, the patient does not have a physical basis for her symptoms. But at the same time, she is not doing willingly. It is a kind of protective mechanism of the brain, when the brain has a problem or face some dilemma, and if there is no way to get rid of it, tension rises in brain, mind choose a unique path to overcome this problem, converts the problem in acceptable symptoms, patient gets attention, her stress declines for some time. But after a few months, tension again builds up and result in weird symptoms. If she does not get the proper treatment, she may slip into depression. Treatment is counseling only. Counsellor finds out the problem area in life and all problem gets solved, and symptoms never come again. In your case, it seems she needs extra support from her husband.
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Answered byDr. Krishan Kumar Sharma
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