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    A conversion disorder causes neurological symptoms like numbness, blindness, or paralysis without an organic cause. It arises in response to stress and manifests physically. Symptoms typically affect movement and senses, and can include blindness, paralysis, seizures, or difficulty walking. They usually start suddenly and last 2 weeks to years. Conversion disorder is nearly always triggered by stress, emotional conflicts, or other mental health issues. Treatments include explanation of the psychological cause, physiotherapy, occupational therapy, and treating depression or anxiety if present.

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    A conversion disorder causes neurological symptoms like numbness, blindness, or paralysis without an organic cause. It arises in response to stress and manifests physically. Symptoms typically affect movement and senses, and can include blindness, paralysis, seizures, or difficulty walking. They usually start suddenly and last 2 weeks to years. Conversion disorder is nearly always triggered by stress, emotional conflicts, or other mental health issues. Treatments include explanation of the psychological cause, physiotherapy, occupational therapy, and treating depression or anxiety if present.

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    A conversion disorder causes neurological symptoms like numbness, blindness, or paralysis without an organic cause. It arises in response to stress and manifests physically. Symptoms typically affect movement and senses, and can include blindness, paralysis, seizures, or difficulty walking. They usually start suddenly and last 2 weeks to years. Conversion disorder is nearly always triggered by stress, emotional conflicts, or other mental health issues. Treatments include explanation of the psychological cause, physiotherapy, occupational therapy, and treating depression or anxiety if present.

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    Conversion disorder

    A conversion disorder is a psychiatric disorder which causes patients to


    suffer from neurological symptoms, such as numbness, blindness, paralysis, or fits
    without a definable organic cause. It is thought that symptoms arise in response to
    stressful situations affecting a patient's mental health.
    Typically conversion syndrome begins with some stressor, trauma, or
    psychological distress that manifests itself as physical symptoms. Usually the
    physical symptoms of the syndrome affect the senses and movement. For example,
    someone experiencing conversion syndrome may become temporarily blind due to
    the stress of the loss of a parent or spouse. While there can be a wide range in
    severity and duration, symptoms are typically short-lived and relatively mild.
    Some of the most typical symptoms include
    blindness, partial or total paralysis, inability to speak, deafness, numbness, sores,
    difficulty swallowing, incontinence, balance problems, seizures, tremors, and
    difficulty walking. These symptoms are attributed to conversion syndrome when a
    medical explanation for the afflictions cannot be found. Symptoms of conversion
    syndrome usually occur suddenly, however symptoms are usually relatively brief,
    with the average duration being 2 weeks up to years in people hospitalized for
    conversion syndrome-related presentations.

    Weakness or paralysis

    Abnormal movement, such as tremors or difficulty walking

    Loss of balance

    Difficulty swallowing or "a lump in the throat"

    Seizures or convulsions

    Episode of unresponsiveness
    Signs and symptoms that affect the senses may include:

    Numbness or loss of the touch sensation

    Speech problems, such as inability to speak or slurred speech

    Vision problems, such as double vision or blindness

    Hearing problems or deafness

    Causes
    1

    Episodes of conversion disorder are nearly always triggered by a stressful event, an emotional
    conflict or another mental health disorder, such as depression.The exact cause of conversion disorder is
    unknown, but the part of the brain that controls your muscles and senses may be involved. It may be the
    brain's way of reacting immediately to something that seems like a threat.

    Treatment
    There are a number of different treatments that are available to treat and manage conversion
    syndrome. While occasionally symptoms do disappear on their own, many people benefit from a variety
    of treatment options. Treatments for conversion syndrome include hypnosis, psychotherapy, physical
    therapy, stress management, and transcranial magnetic stimulation. Treatment plans will consider duration
    and presentation of symptoms and may include one or multiple of the above treatments. This may include
    the following:
    1. Explanation. This must be clear and coherent as attributing physical symptoms to a psychological
    cause is not accepted by many educated people in western cultures. It must emphasize the
    genuineness of the condition, that it is common, potentially reversible and does not mean that the
    sufferer is psychotic. Taking an etiologically neutral stance by describing the symptoms as
    functional may be helpful but further studies are required. Ideally, the patient should be followed
    up neurologically for a while to ensure that the diagnosis has been understood.
    2. Physiotherapy where appropriate;
    3. Occupational Therapy to maintain autonomy in activities of daily living;
    4. Treatment of comorbid depression or anxiety if present.

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