Question

What condition involves unexplained symptoms resulting in the loss of body function?

1) Hypochondria
2) Conversion disorder
3) Malingering
4) Factitious disorder

Answer 1

Conversion disorder is a condition where unexplained symptoms cause loss of body function due to psychological factors, without an organic cause, differentiating it from hypochondria, malingering, and factitious disorder. Hence, option (2) is correct.

Step-by-step explanation:

The condition involving unexplained symptoms that lead to the loss of body function is called Conversion disorder. In this disorder, psychological stress or conflict is converted into physical symptoms that cannot be explained by medical evaluation.

Unlike diseases where damage or nervous system disease leads to loss of function, in conversion disorder, symptoms are not intentionally produced or feigned, and there is no apparent organic cause. This differentiates it from hypochondria, which involves excessive worry about having a serious illness, malingering, where symptoms are intentionally produced for gain, and factitious disorder, where symptoms are deliberately produced or exaggerated for attention or other psychological reasons.