1. Young Woman's 'Hysteria' Turned Out to Be Deadly Heart Condition
Aug 21, 2015 · A woman in Germany who went to the emergency room because she felt "hysterical" ended up not having a psychiatric disorder as doctors originally suspected.
Feeling hysterical, a 29-year-old woman rushed to the ER. But the cause of her agitated state wasn't in her head.
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3. The History of Hysteria | Office for Science and Society
Jul 31, 2017 · Hysteria was a formally studied psychological disorder that could be found in the American Psychiatric Association's Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of ...
Today, when we say someone is hysterical, we mean that they are frenzied, frantic, or out of control. Until 1980, however, hysteria was a formally studied psychological disorder that could be found in the American Psychiatric Association’s Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders. Before its classification as a mental disorder, hysteria was considered a physical ailment, first described medically in 1880 by Jean-Martin Charcot. Even before this, hysteria was thoroughly described in ancient Egyptian and Greek societies. So what was hysteria? How did it just go away? Why was it a major point of contention for second wave feminists, and how was it treated? Throughout history hysteria has been a sex-selective disorder, affecting only those of us with a uterus. These uteri were often thought to be the basis of a variety of health problems. The ancient Egyptians and Greeks, for example, believed wombs capable of affecting the rest of the body’s health. In ancient Greece specifically, it was believed that a uterus could migrate around the female body, placing pressure on other organs and causing any number of ill effects. This “roaming uteri” theory, supported by works from the philosopher Plato and the physician Aeataeus, was called ‘hysterical suffocation’, and the offending uterus was usually coaxed back into place by placing good smells near the vagina, bad smells near the mouth, and sneezing. The philosopher and physician Galen however disagreed with the roving ute...
4. Medically unexplained illness and the diagnosis of hysterical conversion ...
Oct 22, 2012 · HCR patients had wide-ranging symptoms including respiratory distress, headaches, chest pain, convulsions, and abdominal complaints.
Frequent reporting of cases of hysterical conversion reaction (HCR) among hospitalized female medical patients in Bangladesh’s public hospital system led us to explore the prevalence of “HCR” diagnoses within hospitals and the manner in which ...
5. Hysterical female? Just anxious? Or heart attack? - Heart Sisters
Mar 27, 2016 · After 4 days in the hospital and months of misery on blood thinners, my doctor still refuses to acknowledge she did anything wrong because PEs ...
In this terrific guest post, author Patty Digh describes her heart attack experience: “The sad fact is that I waited. I waited because I felt shamed into feeling like an hysterical female, sh…
6. Doctors dismissed these women as hysterical. Now they're fighting back
Jul 2, 2024 · In Australia, research from the University of Sydney in 2018 found that females admitted to hospital for serious heart attack were half as ...
Two thirds of Australian women say they have encountered gender bias or discrimination in healthcare.
7. The Lingering Effects of Female Hysteria in Medicine
Aug 10, 2021 · On the 24th of this July, Brayden McLean, outfitted in a hospital visitor sticker on... ... heart attack because they worried about being ...
Human history can be defined by many threads, one being the millennia spent oppressing women's bodies, minds and spirits. This has lasted and thrived into the modern era, resulting in unfounded beliefs about female frailty shaping every facet of our society. The stereotype that women are weak, fragile and to be protected from strenuous mental
8. It's hysteria, not a heart attack, GP app Babylon tells women - The Times
Oct 13, 2019 · A virtual GP app praised by the health secretary has been accused of putting patients at risk after it emerged that entering identical heart attack symptoms ...
A virtual GP app praised by the health secretary has been accused of putting patients at risk after it emerged that entering identical heart attack symptoms for men and women resulted in different suggested diagnoses.The Babylon app, which bears the NHS logo, uses artificial intelligence (AI) to ide
9. The Myth of Female Hysteria and Health Disparities among Women
May 9, 2018 · And then there's the monthly curse — for some women, as painful as a heart attack. Women with lupus, fibromyalgia, chronic fatigue syndrome ...
For thousands of years, women’s health complaints were often diagnosed as “female hysteria” – a catch-all term that basically implied “it’s all in her head.” The condition was believed to be caused by a wandering uterus and/or sexual frustration. Doctors treated the condition using various regimens. Sometimes they would prescribe treatments with herbs and cold water. They also advised patients to go horseback riding, use a vibrator, or have regular sexual encounters with their husbands.
10. Mass Hysteria: Definition, Examples, Causes, and More - Healthline
May 2, 2022 · ... Heart Disease · High Cholesterol · HIV · Hypertension · IPF · Osteoarthritis ... Over 100 of the children went to the hospital for treatment, but ...
Mass hysteria is a term that gets thrown around a lot, but what does it really mean?
11. Female Hysteria Throughout History
Jan 2, 2024 · ... heart disease being misdiagnosed as anxiety ... TagsFemale Hysteria, Victorian Medicine, Marie “Blanche” Wittman, Salpetriere Hospital.
Mental health is fast becoming an issue at the forefront of the public consciousness, but it has not been without struggle; history is littered with a multitude of inhumane ways those suffering from mental health issues have been treated - all you have to do is look through the history of ‘lunatic a
12. Breaking Through Hysteria: Unravelling the Hidden Gender ...
Jul 14, 2021 · A woman comes into the emergency room with chest pain and a heart rate of 220 beats per minute. ... As the distance between a hospital and ...
By Karmen Gill, The Madeira School, McLean, Virginia, USA A woman comes into the emergency room with chest pain and a heart rate of 220 beats per minute. Her doctor told her it was just an anxiety attack and sent her home with Xanax. But she knew it was more than an episode. After many visits to the doctor, she was diagnosed with endometriosis, a painful disorder where the tissue inside the uterus migrates outside (Billock, 2018).This is not an isolated incident.A 50-year-old female lawyer sough
