stupor

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Classification according to ICD-10
F20.2 catatonic stupor
F30.2 manic stupor [stuporous phase i. R. of mania with psychotic symptoms]
F31-F33 depressive stupor
F44.2 dissociative stupor
R40.1 Sopor
ICD-10 online (WHO version 2019)

The stupor ( Latin for “solidification”; in its current meaning since the late 14th century) is a state of rigidity of the whole body when conscious , whereby movements are not carried out or only very slowly. Food and fluids are not consumed, or at best with intensive care assistance. No physical or psychological activities are recognizable, although the person affected perceives and processes environmental stimuli. Despite being alert, he does not react to attempts at communication ( mutism ); he seems rigid and expressionless with extreme inner tension. There is often rigors , fever and autonomic symptoms.

A stupor is a symptom of a usually severe mental illness or is caused by side effects of medication. A stupor can be caused by a schizophrenic psychosis , especially catatonic schizophrenia . A particularly severe and acutely life-threatening form of catatonic schizophrenia is so-called pernicious catatonia . This leads to a stupor (or a violent state of excitement with rapid and untargeted movements) and an increase in body temperature as well as electrolyte disorders and circulatory complications.

Severe depression can lead to depressive stupor . In the case of depressive stupor, there may be very slow reactions.

A psychogenic stupor arises as a result of a violent emotional reaction, often to extreme events (in a sense "frozen with shock").

In addition, there are stuporous or stupor-like conditions due to organic psychological disorders or as side effects of drugs, e.g. B. when taking valproic acid .

Stuporous states also occur in the course of infectious diseases of the central nervous system such as rabies or tetanus .

See also

  • Catalepsy (also: stupor vigilans)
  • Torpor , a condition similar to lethargy in some smaller mammals and birds

Web links

Wiktionary: Stupor  - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations
Wikiquote: Stupor  - Quotes

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