Intractable Sneezing Unfolding a Hideous Truth
| Autor: | Salina Husain, Jia Ji Ng, Hui Yan Ong, Farah Dayana Zahedi, Aneeza Khairiyah Wan Hamizan |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
| Předmět: |
Psychiatry
Psychotherapist conversion syndrome business.industry media_common.quotation_subject General Engineering Conventional treatment sneezing 030204 cardiovascular system & hematology Multidisciplinary team Diagnosis of exclusion Otolaryngology psychogenic 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine intractable sneezing Psychology article review Medicine Psychogenic disease Girl business 030217 neurology & neurosurgery media_common |
| Zdroj: | Cureus |
| ISSN: | 2168-8184 |
| Popis: | Intractable sneezing is a diagnosis of exclusion and is mostly psychogenic. We reported a case of an 11-year-old girl who presented with uncontrollable bouts of sneezing for three weeks, which did not respond to conventional treatment. She was eventually diagnosed to have psychogenic intractable sneezing, which was triggered by an unfortunate family circumstance. She improved with psychotherapy and was discharged well. Literature review on intractable sneezing showed that patients were predominately female teenagers and mostly recovered after psychotherapy. Multidisciplinary team effort especially with a child psychiatrist is important for the treatment and follow-up of these patients. Imaging should also be routinely performed as some had underlying organic causes that presented as intractable sneezing. |
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