Question

After getting into an automobile accident while fighting with her fiancé, chou reports that she cannot see. examinations indicate no apparent medical condition. based on this description, chou may be suffering from:

Answer 1

The sypmptoms described are consistent with suffering from functional neurological symptom disorder These disorders are psychological conditions which present the symptoms of a neuroligical disorder (often a sensory disorder) but in which the underlying physiological basis for the neurological disorder is not present. These disorders typically begin with a pyschological stressor which acts as a trigger for the disorder. In Chou's case, it may be that the argument and accident together served as a stressor which triggered this disorder.