What Is Munchausen?
Reviewed: Dr. Gromatzky
6. Is There a Positive Prognosis for Patients Suffering from This Condition?
Doctors do not have a favorable prognosis for most Munchausen patients. Those suffering from factitious disorders seek every treatment and medical therapy they can, except for the therapy they really need. Sufferers fear losing their emotional connection to hospitals and doctors.
If patients refuse treatment, there is little a doctor, hospital or family can do for them. They will probably continue to abuse the healthcare system and themselves until they do egregious harm to their bodies, at which point intervention may be too late. If you want to improve your loved one’s odds, you may try to get him or her to agree to only seeing one doctor, which can help deter some unwanted behavior.
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