|
Description
|
|
Syndrome
|
|
When hostages develop a psychological bond with their captors
|
|
Stockholm syndrome
|
|
When East Asian tourists are disillusioned by their European vacation
|
|
Paris syndrome
|
|
When individuals feign sickness to draw attention, sympathy, or reassurance to themselves
|
|
Munchausen syndrome
|
|
The persistent belief that one’s success is undeserved, despite evident achievement
|
|
imposter syndrome
|
|
An autistic spectrum disorder in which language and intelligence are unimpaired
|
|
Asperger syndrome
|
|
A common neurodevelopmental disorder characterized by motor and vocal tics
|
|
Tourette syndrome
|
|
The rare phenomenon when someone declared dead comes back to life
|
|
Lazarus syndrome
|
|
Genetic disorder with characteristic facial features caused by an extra chromosome 21
|
|
Down syndrome
|
|
A genetic disorder affecting connective tissue, resulting in long arms, legs, fingers, and toes
|
|
Marfan syndrome
|
|
A genetic condition where a man has XXY sex chromosomes instead of XY
|
|
Klinefelter syndrome
|
|
Emotional and physical symptoms that occur 1 or 2 weeks before a woman's period
|
|
premenstrual syndrome
|
|
Condition caused by bacterial toxins (often from absorbent tampons)
|
|
toxic shock syndrome
|
|
Caused by pregnant women drinking beer, wine, or liquor
|
|
fetal alcohol syndrome
|
|
Also known as cot death or crib death
|
|
sudden infant death syndrome
|
|
When infants are subject to abusive head trauma
|
|
shaken baby syndrome
|
|
Characterized by an unpleasant feeling in the legs that briefly improves with moving them
|
|
restless legs syndrome
|
|
Pain, numbness and tingling in the hand, often blamed on computer work
|
|
carpal tunnel syndrome
|
|
Long-term gastrointestinal disorder characterized by abdominal pain and diarrhea and/or constipation
|
|
irritable bowel syndrome
|
|
Long-term condition resulting in unexplained malaise and exertion intolerance
|
|
chronic fatigue syndrome
|
|
When HIV infection results in opportunistic infections
|
|
acquired immunodeficiency syndrome
|