Delusion of Pregnancy in a 60 Years Old Lady

Madhurima Khasnobis; Prosenjit Ghosh; Hasina Anjuman Choudhury

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Delusion of Pregnancy in a 60 Years Old Lady

Madhurima Khasnobis, Prosenjit Ghosh, Hasina Anjuman Choudhury

Published in American Journal of Psychiatry and Neuroscience (Volume 7, Issue 2)

Received: 7 May 2019 Accepted: 6 June 2019 Published: 20 June 2019

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BACKGROUND-The delusion of pregnancy is a condition where the person strongly believes that he/she is pregnant in spite of providing enough evidence to the contrary. Though previously it was considered rare, the number of such cases are gradually increasing in developing countries but the literature regarding this is very meagre in India particularly in the North-East. METHOD - In this article we report the unique case of a 60yrs old woman from rural Assam who developed delusion of pregnancy following her menopause thirteen years back, which has been continuing ever since. RESULT- A 60ys old woman presented in the OPD of Tertiary Care Hospital with feelings of movement of foetus in her womb. This was also associated with tremulousness of whole body, burning sensation of both lower limbs, palpitation, irritability and disturbed sleep for 13yrs with episodic exacerbation currently increased for 4-5months. She was a housewife, completed her family and lived with her husband and three children. She was apparently well 13yrs back when following her menopause at age 42yrs she started to doubt if she is pregnant or not. Multiple gynaecologists’ opinion was taken but that did not convince her and she continued to believe she was pregnant and felt the movement of the baby inside her womb. CONCLUSION - Although these kinds of patient visit the obstetrician first but historically and clinically this type of delusion of pregnancy is clearly different from the phenomenon of pseudocyesis. Hence treatment approach of both are also different. We need further research to explore this rarely reported phenomenon.

Published in	American Journal of Psychiatry and Neuroscience (Volume 7, Issue 2)
DOI	10.11648/j.ajpn.20190702.11
Page(s)	30-32
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Delusion, Delusion of Pregnancy, Pseudocyesis, Elderly Woman, Postmenopausal, Shrunken Foetus, Antipsychotics

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Madhurima Khasnobis, Prosenjit Ghosh, Hasina Anjuman Choudhury. Delusion of Pregnancy in a 60 Years Old Lady. Am J Psychiatry Neurosci. 2019;7(2):30-32. doi: 10.11648/j.ajpn.20190702.11

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Madhurima Khasnobis

Department of Psychiatry, Silchar Medical College, Silchar, India
Prosenjit Ghosh

Department of Psychiatry, Silchar Medical College, Silchar, India
Hasina Anjuman Choudhury

Department of Psychiatry, Silchar Medical College, Silchar, India

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Madhurima Khasnobis, Prosenjit Ghosh, Hasina Anjuman Choudhury. Delusion of Pregnancy in a 60 Years Old Lady. Am J Psychiatry Neurosci. 2019;7(2):30-32. doi: 10.11648/j.ajpn.20190702.11

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