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False pregnancy (or pseudocyesis, from the Greek pseudes "false" and kyesis "pregnancy") [1] is the appearance of clinical or subclinical signs and symptoms associated with pregnancy although the individual is not physically carrying a fetus. [2]
6 paź 2022 · Pseudocyesis, or false pregnancy, is when a person believes they are pregnant when they are not. It’s also called a phantom pregnancy. With pseudocyesis, a person has pregnancy symptoms and feels pregnant. However, pregnancy tests and ultrasounds confirm they aren’t physically pregnant, and no fetus is growing in their uterus.
12 sie 2022 · False pregnancy, clinically termed pseudocyesis, is the belief that you are expecting a baby when you are not really carrying a child. People with pseudocyesis have many, if not all, symptoms of...
11 wrz 2023 · Sometimes called false, hysterical, phantom, or delusional pregnancy, pseudocyesis manifests most or all symptoms of pregnancy, but no fetus.
14 maj 2012 · In The Pregnancy Project: A Memoir, Gaby Rodriguez faked her own pregnancy as a social experiment, but teenage girls pretending to be pregnant is not a new phenomenon.
2 lis 2016 · What causes false pregnancy? At this time, there’s no answer to why some women experience pseudocyesis. But there are three leading theories. Some mental health professionals believe it’s...
6 lut 2021 · Pseudocyesis (from the Greek: pseudes [false] and kyesis [pregnancy]), also known as false, imaginary, simulated, phantom, hysterical or spurious pregnancy is a rare mental/psychosomatic disorder characterized by a false belief of being pregnant that is associated with objective signs and reported symptoms of pregnancy.
