A person who experiences rather dramatic and specific symptoms such as blindness,paralysis,deafness,or numbness of certain body parts,none of which have real physical causes will probably be diagnosed with __________.

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Conversion disorder involves the presence of physical symptoms that cannot be explained by a medical condition or injury. These symptoms often appear as sudden, dramatic, and specific, affecting certain body parts such as blindness, paralysis, deafness or numbness. Somatization disorder, on the other hand, is characterized by multiple physical symptoms that have no apparent medical cause and that last for several years. Illness anxiety disorder involves constant preoccupation and fear of having a serious illness despite a lack of physical symptoms, while dissociative disorder involves disruptions in consciousness, memory, or identity.

A Person Who Experiences Rather Dramatic and Specific Symptoms Such