A young female presented with halo’s abdominal pain and amnesia she is likely to be suffering from
Correct Answer: Dissociative disorder
Description: B i.e. Dissociative disorderAmnesia is seen in dissociative disorders and Conversion disorder presents with anesthesia (sensory dysfunction) voluntary motor dysfunction or hysterical fits.Q.Autonomic system is characteristically not involved in conversion disorderQDisorder PresentationDissociative disorder****AmnesiaQFugueQ (wandering away from home)Trance & Possession disorderGanser syndrome (hysterical Pseudodementia)QConversion disorder*Hysterical fits - usually occur in safe place & infront of people - never occur during sleep - injury, incontinence & tongue bite usually absent *Motor symptoms - paralysis - abnormal movements - gait disturbance (Atasia abasia) *Sensory symptoms - blindness but walks well & does not injure himself - tubular vision, deafness - Glove stocking anesthesia Loss of all sensation Abrupt boundary Not according to dermatomes - Hemianesthesia i.e. Loss of vibration sense maintains a strict midline seperation inspite of fact that vibrationcan be perceived on other side through bone conduction.
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