Functional disorders

The "False True-sick" is a badly taken care of sick person ... who, often, remains sick.
He/she suffers from symptoms which are worrying enough to motivate a series of consultations with the (very legitimate) purpose of giving a name and a remedy to his/her health problem.
The failure of these investigations introduces a bias which leads to making another illness, discovered at that occasion, responsible for the symptoms. The treatment that is offered is, of course, not really (…)

The "True False-sick" ’really’ suffers. But, since no explanation can be found for the sickness, the medical profession and, sometimes, the subject him/herself, agree to think that "it’s in the head".
We belive, that misunderstood sick person presents symptoms of an onsetting hyposleep syndrome.
At that stage, sleep disorders are not visible and the spontaneous improvement is the rule. But if the cause persists, a new symptom will show up and the patient will have to consult again. (…)

The term "functional disorders" gathers together the set of symptoms that have no clearly identifiable medical cause (on the opposite of lesional disorders which express an "organic" disease).
That diagnosis, called "eliminatory", is difficult because it is only carried out at the issue of expensive check-ups imposed by the "obligation of means" (stated in the deontological code).
Here, despite the pain and handicap, the complementary examinations are not contributive and the (…)