pseudocyesis

To be diagnosed as true pseudocyesis, the woman must actually believe that she is pregnant.

Research shows that 18% of women with pseudocyesis were at one time diagnosed as pregnant by medical professionals.

More than two-thirds of women who experience pseudocyesis are married, and about one-third have been pregnant at least once.

Women who have been victims of incest may be at greater risk for developing pseudocyesis.

(They also sometimes do this in cases of false pregnancy, or pseudocyesis).

Many health care professionals can be deceived by the symptoms associated with pseudocyesis.

Women with pseudocyesis have many of the same symptoms as those who are actually pregnant, including:

This condition is known as pseudocyesis or false pregnancy.

The second most common physical sign of pseudocyesis is menstrual irregularity (50-90%).

Symptoms of pseudocyesis can also occur in men who have couvade syndrome.

Pseudocyesis is not known to have a direct underlying physical cause and there are no general recommendations regarding treatment with medications.

Abdominal distension is the most common physical symptom of pseudocyesis (60-90%).

The rate of pseudocyesis in the United States has declined significantly in the past century.

Cases of pseudocyesis have been documented since antiquity.

When some patients with pseudocyesis have underlying psychological problems, they should be referred to a psychotherapist for the treatment of these problems.

'That was when she went to the doctor with her pseudocyesis - her false pregnancy.'

Ramachandran has served as an expert witness on the delusions associated with pseudocyesis (false pregnancy).

The symptom of pseudocyesis are similar to the symptoms of true pregnancy and are often hard to distinguish from it.

False pregnancy, or pseudocyesis, is the belief that you are expecting a baby when you are not really carrying a child.

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In a rare condition, pseudocyesis, the stomach bloats slightly in response to an obsessive belief by a woman that she is pregnant.

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