NREMT Advanced EMT

Category - Medical Knowledge

What type of disorder is characterized by physical symptoms that have no apparent physiological cause?
  1. Hyper disorders
  2. Somatoform disorders
  3. Crisis disorders
  4. Depressive disorders
Explanation
Answer - B - Somatoform disorders are characterized by physical symptoms that have no apparent physiological cause. There are many forms of this disorder. Patients may be preoccupied with physical symptoms. They may exaggerate common physical symptoms as serious illness or complain of pain unexplained by a physical ailment.
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