MEDizzy
MEDizzy
Rheobase Medical
Rheobase Medicalover 6 years ago
Lets see if you can answer this..

Lets see if you can answer this..

Q. A 26-year-old female 👩 was reported for recent suicide attempts with overdose. Her self-reported history was inconsistent and incomplete. She reported that she was recently given a grave prognosis of her medical condition, Systemic mastocytosis, by her hemato-oncologist. She was convinced that, even with treatment 💊, she would hardly survive more than 1−2 years. Her depression got worse after knowing about this terminal illness. The patient was very dramatic and manipulative and was very defensive about her past medical history. Further inquiries gave evidence of a disturbed personality, chaotic childhood environment, history of physical and sexual abuse, severe family conflicts during growing years, relationship issues, and self-injurious behavior. Her previous medical records 📂 show multiple hospitalizations 🏥, including numerous emergency department (ED) visits, with multiple physical complains, and extensive work-up was done. Each time, when in the ED, she self-reported various past medical diagnoses, which were listed in her medical records without any confirmation of reported diagnosis. Extensive work-up was done without having any positive results. She reported having multiple allergies without mentioning about specific reactions. Her blood tests 🔬 , such as CBC and peripheral blood films, never showed any abnormal immature cells. On contacing 📞 here previous doctor, it came to knowledge that, She was only seen there once, in the ER, for some atypical chest pain, and was diagnosed with muscular chest pain. She was never seen by any hemato-oncologist and was never diagnosed with SM. What is your diagnosis? 💭

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over 6 years ago

Hmmmm.... Most definitely seems like Munchausen syndrome is a factitious disorder, a mental disorder in which a person repeatedly and deliberately acts as if he or she has a physical or mental illness when he or she is not really sick. Munchausen syndrome is considered a mental illness because it is associated with severe emotional difficulties.

over 6 years ago

Thank you so much doc...... Im glad you liked it.☺

over 6 years ago

Perfect 👌 amazing 👏

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over 6 years ago

Great question..i am eager to know the answer

over 6 years ago

This is a normal smear..

over 6 years ago

It is Munchausen’s

over 6 years ago

Somatoform disorder of some kind or maybe factitious disorder.

over 6 years ago

Factitious disorder it is.. 👍

over 6 years ago

It sounds like Munchausen's..

over 6 years ago

👍 perfect

over 6 years ago

Borderline personality disorder?

over 6 years ago

It is Munchausen’s disorder

over 6 years ago

Munchausen syndrome

over 6 years ago

👌 welldone

over 6 years ago

Munchausen!!

over 6 years ago

👍👍 perfect

over 6 years ago

Bipolar personality disorder with drugs side effects due to overdose

over 6 years ago

It is Munchausen’s

over 6 years ago

And borderline personality disorder is in differential diagnosis

over 6 years ago

Munchausen, or other factitious disorder.

over 6 years ago

👍 correct

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