Other specified disorders of bodily distress or bodily experience

Zaburzenie charakteryzuje się utrzymującymi się objawami somatycznymi lub nasilonymi preokupacjami zdrowotnymi, które nie dają się wyjaśnić chorobą somatyczną ani innym zaburzeniem psychicznym. Towarzyszy im nadmierne skupienie uwagi na ciele, katastrofizacja lub unikanie aktywności z powodu lęku przed pogorszeniem stanu zdrowia. Codzienne funkcjonowanie, relacje interpersonalne lub praca mogą być poważnie zakłócone. Wzorzec nie pasuje do żadnej ze zdefiniowanych kategorii szczegółowych zaburzeń objawów somatycznych.

Symptoms

• Persistent preoccupation with somatic symptoms (also: Persistent preoccupation with somatic symptoms, persistent bodily symptoms, chronic somatic symptoms, persisting complaints)
• Excessive concentration on the body and its sensations (also: Excessive concentration on the body, excessive focus on bodily sensations, hyperfocus on body symptoms)
• Health anxiety (also: Health anxiety – fear of serious illness, health-related anxiety, health anxiety, fear of illness)
• Multi-system somatic symptoms (gastrointestinal, cardiovascular, urinary, pain) (also: various somatic symptoms, symptoms from multiple systems, palpitations, abdominal pain)
• Duration of symptoms >=6 months (chronicity) (also: symptoms lasting months, chronic somatisation, years-long course)
• Frequent medical visits and reassurance seeking (also: Multiple medical visits and fruitless investigations, multiple specialist consultations, multiple hospitalisations)
• Negative test results do not reduce preoccupation (also: no relief after normal results, symptoms despite negative investigations)
• Autonomic symptoms (trembling, sweating, rapid heartbeat) (also: Autonomic symptoms (palpitations, sweating, trembling), rapid heartbeat, excessive sweating)
• Migratory pains without organic basis (head, back, abdomen, chest) (also: psychogenic headaches, unexplained back pain, abdominal pain without cause, chest pain without cardiology)
• Functional gastrointestinal disorders (also: IBS, irritable bowel syndrome, psychogenic dyspepsia)
• Symptoms worsen under emotional stress (also: stress worsens symptoms, emotional conflict before symptoms)
• Impaired social/occupational functioning (also: Significant deterioration of social, occupational and family functioning, work absence)

ICD-11 diagnostic criteria

• obecność objawów cielesnych powodujących cierpienie
• znaczne skupienie uwagi na objawach cielesnych
• zaburzenie powoduje pogorszenie funkcjonowania

How to recognise

In the ICD-11 framework, the core symptoms taken into account when recognising Other specified disorders of bodily distress or bodily experience are:

• uporczywe objawy cielesne

Synonyms and related terms

persistent bodily symptoms, chronic somatic symptoms, persisting complaints, Excessive concentration on the body, excessive focus on bodily sensations, hyperfocus on body symptoms, Health anxiety – fear of serious illness, health-related anxiety, fear of illness, various somatic symptoms, symptoms from multiple systems, palpitations, abdominal pain, symptoms lasting months, chronic somatisation, years-long course, Multiple medical visits and fruitless investigations, multiple specialist consultations, multiple hospitalisations, no relief after normal results, symptoms despite negative investigations, Autonomic symptoms (palpitations, sweating, trembling), rapid heartbeat, excessive sweating, psychogenic headaches, unexplained back pain, abdominal pain without cause, chest pain without cardiology, IBS, irritable bowel syndrome

Frequently asked questions

What are the symptoms of Other specified disorders of bodily distress or bodily experience?

Symptoms associated with Other specified disorders of bodily distress or bodily experience (ICD-11 6C2Y) include: Persistent preoccupation with somatic symptoms, Excessive concentration on the body and its sensations, Health anxiety, Multi-system somatic symptoms (gastrointestinal, cardiovascular, urinary, pain), Duration of symptoms >=6 months (chronicity), Frequent medical visits and reassurance seeking, Negative test results do not reduce preoccupation, Autonomic symptoms (trembling, sweating, rapid heartbeat), Migratory pains without organic basis (head, back, abdomen, chest), Functional gastrointestinal disorders, Symptoms worsen under emotional stress, Impaired social/occupational functioning.

How is Other specified disorders of bodily distress or bodily experience diagnosed according to ICD-11?

According to ICD-11, the diagnostic criteria for Other specified disorders of bodily distress or bodily experience (6C2Y) include: obecność objawów cielesnych powodujących cierpienie; znaczne skupienie uwagi na objawach cielesnych; zaburzenie powoduje pogorszenie funkcjonowania.

WHO ICD-11 source

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