Erethism
As Erethism ( Erethie ) refers to a pathologically increased excitability and a restless urge to move. The term erethic comes from the Greek (ἐρεθίζω [erethizo]: to irritate) and stands for irritable, excitable.
In the older form of psychiatry it is used to describe any form of strong and permanent arousal. Such forms can be:
- Erethism ebriosorum of alcoholics ,
- Erethism mercurialis (excitement and insomnia in chronic mercury poisoning ), see Hatter Syndrome ,
- Erethism tropicus as a form of sunstroke rarely used for heat stroke,
- Erethism vaginae: vaginismus ,
- Genital erethism (increased sexual excitability).
Today it is used to describe urgent hyperkinesis in children. In the ICD-10 , the other hyperkinetic disorders are coded accordingly under F90.8.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d Otto Dornblüth: Clinical Dictionary. 13./14. Edition. 1927.
- ↑ a b c d e Roche Lexicon Medicine. 5th edition. Urban & Fischer bei Elsevier, 2003, ISBN 3-437-15150-9 .
- ↑ dimdi.de ( Memento of the original dated May 6, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
