Pseudocyesis is not real pregnancy
Pregnancy is a very wonderful process, but also an interesting stage of life. Pregnant women in addition to general physical discomfort, the mood was volatile. However, some pregnant women do not have symptoms of pregnancy, male pregnancy may also be symptoms appear, how exactly is all about?
A Typical Pseudocyesis Example
Amy is an over 30-year-old office worker, she has a pregnant women in general symptoms: cessation of menstruation, abdominal pain up, areolar discoloration, large breasts, vomiting, weight gain and appetite for change and good. Obstetrics and Gynecology her to seek medical attention, it was strange that negative pregnancy test results, that is, that she was not pregnant, after detailed examination of obstetricians, she really not pregnant.
Why is it, Amy Why do symptoms of pregnancy? Obstetricians was introduced to her out-patient psychological counseling. You may find it strange that the problem of physiological psychology Guan anything at all? In fact, as many pregnant women mood swings when pregnant, so they also need psychologists to help them resolve emotional problems after pregnancy.
Pseudocyesis - False Pregnancy
Amy is suffering from pseudo-pregnancy (Pseudocyesis), a relatively rare mental disease. She is very typical symptoms, the simple answer is that in the absence of pregnancy symptoms of pregnancy are. Patients may also “listen” to the fetal heart rate was within the peristalsis in the womb, fear of the health of the fetus until the “baby” until birth. The so-called birth of the fetus, in fact, refers to patients with feel the same pain, some patients in the “production” have been found out that there is no pregnancy and depression, but the majority of patients with symptoms of pregnancy will also be a result of “throes” and “production” disappeared.
Pseudocyesis as far as 300 years BC when the ancient Greek medicine has been documented. Historically, the more famous of the 16th century, Mary Queen of England (Mary Tudor). Pseudo-pregnancy endocrine disorders in the brain lesions, patients with psychiatric diseases, but there is no brain or psychiatric illness may also be suffering from. Some experts pointed out that the pseudo-pregnancy is very keen on the one hand, as a result of patients with pregnancy, but on the other hand, fear of pregnancy and the formation of such a contradiction psychological pressure. The majority of patients between the ages of 20 to 44 years old.
that is a picture of a “real” pregnant “male”.(there is a baby in there!)
it is a women that has had hormone therapy to become a “man”.
and then became pregnant after the therapy was complete. (the story was on oprah)