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Intractable sneezing unfolding a hideous truth

Intractable sneezing is a diagnosis of exclusion and is mostly psychogenic. We reported a case of an 11-year-old girl who presented with uncontrollable bouts of sneezing for three weeks, which did not respond to conventional treatment. She was eventually diagnosed to have psychogenic intractable sne...

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Main Authors:	Ng, Jia Ji, Husain, Salina, Ong, Hui Yan, Zahedi, Farah Dayana, Hamizan, Aneeza Khairiyah Wan
Format:	Article
Published:	Cureus Inc 2021
Subjects:	R Medicine (General) RC Internal medicine
Online Access:	http://eprints.um.edu.my/35040/
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spelling	my.um.eprints.350402022-05-13T11:30:12Z http://eprints.um.edu.my/35040/ Intractable sneezing unfolding a hideous truth Ng, Jia Ji Husain, Salina Ong, Hui Yan Zahedi, Farah Dayana Hamizan, Aneeza Khairiyah Wan R Medicine (General) RC Internal medicine Intractable sneezing is a diagnosis of exclusion and is mostly psychogenic. We reported a case of an 11-year-old girl who presented with uncontrollable bouts of sneezing for three weeks, which did not respond to conventional treatment. She was eventually diagnosed to have psychogenic intractable sneezing, which was triggered by an unfortunate family circumstance. She improved with psychotherapy and was discharged well. Literature review on intractable sneezing showed that patients were predominately female teenagers and mostly recovered after psychotherapy. Multidisciplinary team effort especially with a child psychiatrist is important for the treatment and follow-up of these patients. Imaging should also be routinely performed as some had underlying organic causes that presented as intractable sneezing. Cureus Inc 2021-05 Article PeerReviewed Ng, Jia Ji and Husain, Salina and Ong, Hui Yan and Zahedi, Farah Dayana and Hamizan, Aneeza Khairiyah Wan (2021) Intractable sneezing unfolding a hideous truth. Cureus, 13 (5). ISSN 2168-8184, DOI https://doi.org/10.7759/cureus.15268 <https://doi.org/10.7759/cureus.15268>. 10.7759/cureus.15268
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spellingShingle	R Medicine (General) RC Internal medicine Ng, Jia Ji Husain, Salina Ong, Hui Yan Zahedi, Farah Dayana Hamizan, Aneeza Khairiyah Wan Intractable sneezing unfolding a hideous truth
description	Intractable sneezing is a diagnosis of exclusion and is mostly psychogenic. We reported a case of an 11-year-old girl who presented with uncontrollable bouts of sneezing for three weeks, which did not respond to conventional treatment. She was eventually diagnosed to have psychogenic intractable sneezing, which was triggered by an unfortunate family circumstance. She improved with psychotherapy and was discharged well. Literature review on intractable sneezing showed that patients were predominately female teenagers and mostly recovered after psychotherapy. Multidisciplinary team effort especially with a child psychiatrist is important for the treatment and follow-up of these patients. Imaging should also be routinely performed as some had underlying organic causes that presented as intractable sneezing.
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author	Ng, Jia Ji Husain, Salina Ong, Hui Yan Zahedi, Farah Dayana Hamizan, Aneeza Khairiyah Wan
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title	Intractable sneezing unfolding a hideous truth
title_short	Intractable sneezing unfolding a hideous truth
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Intractable sneezing unfolding a hideous truth

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