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Trastorno de conversión - Symptom

Nombres alternativos

Neurosis histérica

Síntomas:

Los síntomas de un trastorno de conversión involucran la pérdida de una o más funciones corporales, como:

Ceguera
Incapacidad para hablar
Entumecimiento
Parálisis

Las pruebas de diagnóstico no encuentran ninguna causa física para los síntomas.

Signos y exámenes:

Algunos de los signos comunes de este trastorno son, entre otros:

Un síntoma debilitante que se inicia repentinamente
Antecedentes de un problema psicológico que mejora después de que el síntoma aparece
Falta de preocupación que generalmente ocurre con un síntoma severo

El médico llevará a cabo un examen físico, y posiblemente pruebas diagnósticas, para descartar causas físicas de los síntomas.

Reviewed last on: 11/23/2010
Linda Vorvick, MD, Medical Director, MEDEX Northwest Division of Physician Assistant Studies, University of Washington School of Medicine; and Michelle Benger Merrill, MD, Instructor in Clinical Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.

Referencias

Blais MA, Smallwood P, Groves JE, Rivas-Vazquez RA. Personality and personality disorders. In: Stern TA, Rosenbaum JF, Fava M, Biederman J, Rauch SL, eds. Massachusetts General Hospital Comprehensive Clinical Psychiatry. 1st ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Mosby Elsevier; 2008:chap 39.

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