They may not have an organic disease, but they do possess an alarming psychic need to consult physicians and weave complex tales of phantom aches and pains.
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The largest category of diagnosis by exclusion is seen among psychiatric disorders where the presence of physical or organic disease must be excluded as a prerequisite for making a functional diagnosis.
13.
He records that she displayed no sign of organic disease; her respiration was 12 to 14; her pulse was 46; and her temperature was 97 �F . Her urine was normal.
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The church continued to offer large lectures and classes, primarily devoted to what would now be termed " functional " illness ( Worcester and McComb did not claim that they could cure organic disease ).
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However, again, when an appropriate control group is used, the incidence of such characteristics it not always higher in PNES than in similar illnesses arising due to organic disease ( e . g ., epilepsy ).
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Hydroxyzine is prescribed when the onset of an organic disease state manifests through anxiety, as generalized anxiety disorder, or in other more serious cases as psychoneurosis, and is therefore prescribed as a means of regulating normal function.
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In the spring of 1808, before the May opening of the legislature, Sullivan's health began to decline ( epilepsy and an " organic disease of the heart " ), so he was unable to seize the initiative.
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Other symptoms may be reported and are claimed to be related to the cause of the odor, such as malfunction of the anal sphincter, a skin disease, " diseased womb ", stomach problems or other unknown organic disease.
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In the first decades of the 20th century, " constitutional psychopathic inferiority " had become a commonly used term in the US, implying the issue was inherent to the genetics or makeup of the person, an organic disease.
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The evidence to date does not support the use of manual muscle testing for the diagnosis of organic disease or pre / subclinical conditions . " Another concluded that " There is little or no scientific rationale for these methods.
