Misc conditions Flashcards
1
Q
What is cotard syndrome?
A
The belief that the gut is rotting
2
Q
What is globus?
what test is carried out?
What is the treatement?
A
feeling of a lump or sensation of pressure - stress/ worry, acid reflux
Flexible fibre optic camera
usually reassurance is enough, PPI and stop smoking
3
Q
what are the two types of eating disorder?
A
anorexia nervosa - significant weight loss - failure in children to make expected weight gain
avoidance of fattening food, strict diet self induced vomiting comes with depressive symptoms, obsessive compulsion and risk higher in women
Bulimia nervosa - preoccupation with weight
obsession with food and binge eats on the regular
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