First Clinical Syndrome
First Clinical Syndrome is a type of literary self-imposed hypochondria.
Persons Affected
Medical Students in India. For the Global Perspective See Medical student syndrome
Time affected
During the First Clinical Year. Medical Students in India learn MBBS in five and half years. Of these the initial period is spent in reading Anatomy, Physiology and Biochemistry After that they enter into the Clinicals and here they see the patients and read about various disorders and diseases.
As and when they read about a disease, they imagine as if they are suffering from that when they have any symptom or sign associated with the disease
For example, the student reads about Brain Tumour which presents with Headache. If, by coincidence, the guy has headache on that day, he presumes that he has a brain tumour.
It typically starts as one reads or learns about an illness or disorder and begins to believe they have it. It is not limited to medical students; anyone who reads is susceptible. However, it is believed to be most frequently observed in medical students.
More Common Diseases
Psychiatric disorders are more commonly involved