Factitious disorder is a mental health condition that involves at least one episode of manufactured or exaggerated physical or mental health symptoms. Plenty of people have “faked sick” on occasion.

Factitious hypoglycemia occurs when you intentionally induce low blood sugar. It can lead to unnecessary and expensive medical care as doctors try to determine the cause of the hypoglycemia.

Factitious disorders are conditions in which a person deliberately and consciously acts as if they have a physical or mental illness when they are not really sick. Factitious disorder by proxy is when ...

Factitious disorder, previously referred to as Munchausen syndrome, is a condition in which an individual deceives others by appearing ill, impaired, or injured. This can involve faking, purposely ...

You might not recognize the term Factitious Disorder when you hear it, but you're probably much more familiar with it than you think. Factitious disorder used to be called Munchausen Syndrome and is a ...

We report the case of a young female patient who self-induced a chronic keratoconjunctivitis by inserting tissue paper and cotton wool into her conjunctival fornices. A 17-year-old woman was referred ...