What Is Conversion Disorder?
4. What Symptoms Affect the Senses?
Similar to the movement-related signs and symptoms, those that affect the senses can range from major to minor difficulties. Major difficulties include complete numbness, deafness, blindness and the inability to speak. Any number of these can affect a single individual. Some cases present only a single sense-related symptom, while others affect many or all of the senses. Major symptoms can create more long-term issues without proper diagnosis and care, so it’s essential to work closely with a health care professional to receive care for these symptoms.
Minor sensory issues are also linked to conversion disorder. Look for signs of hearing problems, double vision, slurred speech or slight numbness in those experiencing sense-related signs and symptoms. It’s important to determine whether these symptoms are related to another medical condition or caused by a stress-related response.
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