False pregnancy in women: causes, symptoms, at-risk groups

False pregnancy in women is a rare enough pathology. On average, it occurs in 1 case of 3500 normal pregnancy states. Most often, it arises from a combination of three types of disorders: gynecological, endocrine and mental. The signs of a false pregnancy in everything coincide with the true. There are cases when a woman even felt painful contractions, the doctors did a cesarean section, as the fetus did not appear for a long time, and found that the uterus was empty.

First, a false pregnancy in women does not differ from the true one - the menstruation stops, the stomach grows, the mammary glands grow and become painful, colostrum may appear, the toxicosis, weakness, dizziness, intolerance of smells may arise. In this case, if you do not recognize the disorder on time with the help of ultrasound, then at a later date the woman feels even the "wiggling" of the child inside.

Why there are such plausible symptoms of a false pregnancy, doctors still can not explain. Since the pituitary gland is responsible for the production of hormones in the body, a false pregnancy is most often associated with hormonal imbalance. As a result of any malfunction, stress, anxiety, obsession, the pituitary gland can begin to produce too many hormones, which causes the feeling that a normal pregnancy has come.

A confidence in what is happening and own strength of persuasion make the symptoms even more believable, that is, the body begins to confirm that the woman was not mistaken. There are even such things as confirming a pregnancy test, softening the cervix, changing the color and size of the vagina, which corresponds to the true pregnancy.

The false pregnancy in women is determined only with the help of ultrasound, even an examination on the armchair will not give an exact answer. Of course, a woman is very seriously experiencing such disappointment, so she is often advised to seek help from an endocrinologist, a psychologist or even a psychiatrist if the case of the disorder is really severe.

Most often, a false pregnancy occurs in women emotional, sensitive, susceptible to neuroses, easily suggestible, depressed. When it comes to the misconception about pregnancy, a woman's condition can deteriorate dramatically, even before attempting suicide. Therefore, the strength of doctors should be directed not only to treating gynecological symptoms, but also to help in eliminating emotional problems and mental disorders.

What categories of women are at risk?

- Women of "Balzac's age" who are treated for infertility and try to get pregnant. They so get used to the obsessive image of pregnancy, that the organism plays with them a cruel joke.

- Emotionally tense women who are too sensitive to the "child" theme. For example, if a pregnant girl appears in the environment of such a woman, she, too, can feel herself on demolitions, just watching the progress of the development of this pregnancy.

- Women who have been emotionally traumatized due to loss of a child or miscarriage. False pregnancy becomes a salvation for them, a way to compensate for the loss. It is this type of women who are most prone to suicide after revealing the falsity of their condition.

There are times when men begin to feel pregnant with their wives. This is due to the special sensitivity and emotionality of men 20-30 years old, in whose families the first-born is expected.

They are so worried about the state of the wife that they involuntarily begin to "copy" all the symptoms of pregnancy, experiencing nausea, vomiting, pain in the intestines and back, insomnia, severe stress. Without the help of doctors, you can not do without: you must always contact a psychologist or psychiatrist, and go through a compulsory examination at the surgeon: suddenly, signs of inflammation of appendicitis or other problems of the gastrointestinal tract.

If, nevertheless, it turned out that the disorder has a neuropsychic nature, then such men are not recommended to be allowed to perform joint births, because their behavior can not be predicted. It may turn out that at this important moment it will be necessary to help a man, and not his wife.