Stress is the body's biological reaction to any unpleasant stimuli. The symptoms of stress are increased heart rate, breathing fast, high blood pressure, insomnia, stomach upset, dry mouth, nervousness, etc. Stress as such is not bad, but prolonged periods of stress might affect your health.
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Why does a patient behaves like a child after a fainting episode?
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 ch... Read Full »
Answer: Hello, Welcome to icliniq.com. 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... Read Full »