Munchausen Syndrome is the medical term for certain behaviors in people who are prone to imagination and fantasy. But these are not just fantasies on innocuous topics! The fact is that such people experience a simulation disorder. They deliberately like to cause any painful syndromes and symptoms in themselves, so that they are hospitalized with further long-term treatment and even surgery! They just want to be in hospital beds! Let's talk about that.
Who is this Munchausen?
Munchausen's syndrome got its terminological name on behalf of the real historical prototype - the German baron Karl Friedrich Hieronymus Munchausen, who lived in the 18th century in Germany. He was a cavalry officer and gained wide popularity while serving in the Russian army and participating in the Turkish wars.
Having retired, Baron Munchausenbecame famous as a man who constantly composes the most incredible and fantastic stories about his military adventures and adventures. Subsequently, this formed the basis of a book about the adventures of Baron Munchausen, written by his contemporary Rudolf Erich Raspe.
Munchausen syndrome. Symptoms
This syndrome is considered a very rare disorder. Patients suffering from it do not end up in psychiatric hospitals, but in the most ordinary hospitals and surgical departments. It's hard to believe, but they just want to get there. So we come close to the symptoms of this strange mental disorder. This is:
- constant complaints of pseudo-diseases;
- permanent surgery and frank surgery;
- a near-perpetual hospital stay.
Today, this mental disorder is considered an extreme form of feigning behavior of people, which is central to their lives.
Munchausen syndrome as a pathological deceit
In addition to the above-described attraction to everything medical, patients suffering from this form of disorder are prone to pseudology, i.e. to pathological deceit. While in the hospital, they come up with more and more new symptoms, supplementing their complaints … Often they stage various attacks of various diseases, and all in order to be hospitalized as soon as possible. Madhouse.
Types of Munchausen syndrome
Munchausen's syndrome has several types. It all depends on the symptoms you like.attributed to themselves by patients.
- Abdominal. It is characterized by abdominal pain, vomiting and nausea, indigestion.
- Hemorrhagic. In this case, patients demonstrate bleeding. For example, they deliberately incise their gums, showing symptoms of pulmonary hemorrhage!
- Neurological. This is the most common simulation of fainting, seizures and convulsions.
- Dermatological. Patients feign symptoms of any skin disease with irritating ointments and paints.
And finally
And one more thing: a common feature of all "Munchausen" is that they simply love to "manage" their own treatment while in the hospital. They consider themselves sufficiently enlightened in the field of medicine, since they "draw" certain clinical pictures on their own, demonstrating the necessary symptoms in time.
