Hallucination, A Simple Guide To The Condition, Diagnosis, Treatment And Related Conditions

By Kenneth Kee

This book describes Hallucinations, Diagnosis and Treatment and Related Diseases

Hallucinations are intangible things that are only sensed by the person seeing or hearing or feeling them.

Most persons when told of the patient’s hallucinations do not believe them because they do not feel or sense them but to the patient they are very real.

Note that not all hallucinations are bad.

After all Lewis Carol probably wrote Alice in Wonderland after experiencing some hallucinations during a migraine attack!

Sufferers of Alice in Wonderland syndrome may also lose a sense of time, a problem similar to the lack of spatial perspective.

Time seems to pass very slowly, similar to an LSD experience.

While a person's vision is not affected, they will often 'see' objects as the incorrect size, shape or perspective angle.

Hence, people, cars, buildings, houses, animals, trees, environments, etc., look smaller or larger than they should be

Hallucinations are sensory occurrences that seem real but are produced by the mind.

They can involve all five of the senses.

The patient might hear a voice that no one else in the room can hear or see an image that is not real.

Hallucinations can sense things such as visions, sounds, or smells that seem real but are not.

These things are produced by the mind.

Frequent hallucinations can be:

1. Feeling sensations in the body, such as a crawling feeling on the skin or the movement of internal organs.

2. Hearing sounds, such as music, footsteps, windows or doors banging.

3. Hearing voices when no one has spoken (the most frequent type of hallucination).
These voices may be positive, negative, or neutral.

They may command someone to do something that may cause harm to themselves or others.

4. Seeing patterns, lights, beings, or objects that are not there.

5. Smelling an odor.

Occasionally, hallucinations are normal.

The hearing the voice of or briefly seeing a loved one who recently died can be a part of the grieving process.

These symptoms may be produced by mental illnesses, the side effects of medicines, or physical illnesses like epilepsy or alcohol use disorder.

The treatment may involve psychotherapy and taking medicine to treat a health disorder.

The doctor may also advise changing different behaviors like drinking less alcohol and getting more sleep to improve the hallucinations.

Types of hallucinations

Hallucinations may involve the vision, sense of smell, taste, hearing, or bodily sensations.

Visual hallucinations affect seeing things that are not there.

The hallucinations may be of objects, visual patterns, people, or lights.

The patient might visualize a person not in the room or flashing lights that no one else can see.

Olfactory hallucinations affect the sense of smell.

The patient might smell an obnoxious odor when waking up in the middle of the night or feel that the body smells bad when it does not.

This type of hallucination can affect scents the patient finds enjoyable like the smell of flowers.

Gustatory hallucinations are the same as olfactory hallucinations, but they affect the sense of taste instead of smell.

These tastes are often abnormal or unpleasant.

Gustatory hallucinations (often with a metallic taste) are a comparatively frequent symptom for people with epilepsy.

Auditory hallucinations are among the most frequent type of hallucination.

The patient might hear someone speaking to the patient or asking the patient to do certain things.

The voice may be angry, neutral, or warm.

Tactile hallucinations involve the feeling of touch or movement in the body.

TABLE OF CONTENT
Introduction
Chapter 1 Hallucinations
Chapter 2 Causes
Chapter 3 Symptoms
Chapter 4 Diagnosis
Chapter 5 Treatment
Chapter 6 Prognosis
Chapt

• Language: English
• Publisher: Kenneth Kee
• Release date: Jan 23, 2020
• ISBN: 9780463192016

Kenneth Kee

Medical doctor since 1972.Started Kee Clinic in 1974 at 15 Holland Dr #03-102, relocated to 36 Holland Dr #01-10 in 2009.Did my M.Sc (Health Management ) in 1991 and Ph.D (Healthcare Administration) in 1993.Dr Kenneth Kee is still working as a family doctor at the age of 74However he has reduced his consultation hours to 3 hours in the morning and 2 hours inthe afternoon.He first started writing free blogs on medical disorders seen in the clinic in 2007 on http://kennethkee.blogspot.com.His purpose in writing these simple guides was for the health education of his patients which is also his dissertation for his Ph.D (Healthcare Administration). He then wrote an autobiography account of his journey as a medical student to family doctor on his other blog http://afamilydoctorstale.blogspot.comThis autobiography account “A Family Doctor’s Tale” was combined with his early “A Simple Guide to Medical Disorders” into a new Wordpress Blog “A Family Doctor’s Tale” on http://ken-med.com.From which many free articles from the blog was taken and put together into 1000 eBooks.He apologized for typos and spelling mistakes in his earlier books.He will endeavor to improve the writing in futures.Some people have complained that the simple guides are too simple.For their information they are made simple in order to educate the patients.The later books go into more details of medical disorders.He has published 1000 eBooks on various subjects on health, 1 autobiography of his medical journey, another on the autobiography of a Cancer survivor, 2 children stories and one how to study for his nephew and grand-daughter.The purpose of these simple guides is to educate patient on health disorders and not meant as textbooks.He does not do any night duty since 2000 ever since Dr Tan had his second stroke.His clinic is now relocated to the Buona Vista Community Centre.The 2 units of his original clinic are being demolished to make way for a new Shopping Mall.He is now doing some blogging and internet surfing (bulletin boards since the 1980's) startingwith the Apple computer and going to PC.The entire PC is upgraded by himself from XT to the present Pentium duo core.The present Intel i7 CPU is out of reach at the moment because the CPU is still expensive.He is also into DIY changing his own toilet cistern and other electric appliance.His hunger for knowledge has not abated and he is a lifelong learner.The children have all grown up and there are 2 grandchildren who are even more technically advanced than the grandfather where mobile phones are concerned.This book is taken from some of the many articles in his blog (now with 740 posts) A Family Doctor’s Tale.Dr Kee is the author of:"A Family Doctor's Tale""Life Lessons Learned From The Study And Practice Of Medicine""Case Notes From A Family Doctor"

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Hallucination,

A

Simple

Guide

To

The Condition,

Diagnosis,

Treatment

And

Related Conditions

By

Dr Kenneth Kee

M.B.,B.S. (Singapore)

Ph.D (Healthcare Administration)

Copyright Kenneth Kee 2020 Smashwords Edition

Published by Kenneth Kee at Smashwords.com

Dedication

This book is dedicated

To my wife Dorothy

And my children

Carolyn, Grace

And Kelvin

This book describes Hallucinations, Diagnosis and Treatment and Related Diseases which is seen in some of my patients in my Family Clinic.

(What You Need to Treat Hallucinations)

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Introduction

I have been writing medical articles for my blog: http://kennethkee.blogspot.com (A Simple Guide to Medical Disorder) for the benefit of my patients since 2007.

My purpose in writing these simple guides was for the health education of my patients.

Health Education was also my dissertation for my Ph.D (Healthcare Administration).

I then wrote an autobiography account of my journey as a medical student to family doctor on my other blog: http://afamilydoctorstale.blogspot.com.

This autobiography account A Family Doctor’s Tale was combined with my early A Simple Guide to Medical Disorders into a new Wordpress Blog A Family Doctor’s Tale on http://kenkee481.wordpress.com.

From which many free articles from the blog was taken and put together into 800 eBooks.

Some people have complained that the simple guides are too simple.

For their information they are made simple in order to educate the patients.

The later books go into more details of medical disorders.

The first chapter is always from my earlier blogs which unfortunately tends to have typos and spelling mistakes.

Since 2013, I have tried to improve my spelling and writing.

As I tried to bring the patient the latest information about a disorder or illness by reading the latest journals both online and offline, I find that I am learning more and improving on my own medical knowledge in diagnosis and treatment for my patients.

Just by writing all these simple guides I find that I have learned a lot from your reviews (good or bad), criticism and advice.

I am sorry for the repetitions in these simple guides as the second chapters onwards have new information as compared to my first chapter taken from my blog.

I also find repetition definitely help me and maybe some readers to remember the facts in the books more easily.

I apologize if these repetitions are irritating to some readers.

Chapter 1

Hallucinations

Hallucinations are intangible things that are only sensed by the person seeing or hearing or feeling them.

Most persons when told of the patient’s hallucinations do not believe them because they do not feel or sense them but to the patient they are very real.

Note that not all hallucinations are bad.

After all Lewis Carol probably wrote Alice in Wonderland after experiencing some hallucinations during a migraine attack!

Sufferers of Alice in Wonderland syndrome may also lose a sense of time, a problem similar to the lack of spatial perspective.

Time seems to pass very slowly, similar to an LSD experience.

While a person's vision is not affected, they will often 'see' objects as the incorrect size, shape or perspective angle.

Hence, people, cars, buildings, houses, animals, trees, environments, etc., look smaller or larger than they should be

What are hallucinations?

Hallucinations are sensory occurrences that seem real but are produced by the mind.

They can involve all five of the senses.

The patient might hear a voice that no one else in the room can hear or see an image that is not real.

Hallucinations can sense things such as visions, sounds, or smells that seem real but are not.

These things are produced by the mind.

Frequent hallucinations can be:

1. Feeling sensations in the body, such as a crawling feeling on the skin or the movement of internal organs.

2. Hearing sounds, such as music, footsteps, windows or doors banging.

3. Hearing voices when no one has spoken (the most frequent type of hallucination).

These voices may be positive, negative, or neutral.

They may command someone to do something that may cause harm to themselves or others.

4. Seeing patterns, lights, beings, or objects that are not there.

5. Smelling an odor.

Occasionally, hallucinations are normal.

The hearing the voice of or briefly seeing a loved one who recently died can be a part of the grieving process.

These symptoms may be produced by mental illnesses, the side effects of medicines, or physical illnesses like epilepsy or alcohol use disorder.

The patient may have to consult a psychiatrist, a neurologist, or a doctor depending on the cause of the hallucinations.

The treatment may involve psychotherapy and taking medicine to treat a health disorder.

The doctor may also advise changing different behaviors like drinking less alcohol and getting more sleep to improve the hallucinations.

Types of hallucinations

Hallucinations may involve the vision, sense of smell, taste, hearing, or bodily sensations.

Visual hallucinations

Visual hallucinations affect seeing things that are not there.

The hallucinations may be of objects, visual patterns, people, or lights.

The patient might visualize a person not in the room or flashing lights that no one else can see.

Olfactory hallucinations

Olfactory hallucinations affect the sense of smell.

The patient might smell an obnoxious odor when waking up in the middle of the night or feel that the body smells bad when it does not.

This type of hallucination can affect scents the patient finds enjoyable like the smell of flowers.

Gustatory hallucinations

Gustatory hallucinations are the same as olfactory hallucinations, but they affect the sense of taste instead of smell.

These tastes are often abnormal or unpleasant.

Gustatory hallucinations (often with a metallic taste) are a comparatively frequent symptom for people with epilepsy.

Auditory hallucinations

Auditory hallucinations are among the most frequent type of hallucination.

The patient might hear someone speaking to the patient or asking the patient to do certain things.

The voice may be angry, neutral, or warm.

Other types of this hallucination are hearing sounds, like someone walking in the attic or repeated clicking or tapping noises.

Tactile hallucinations

Tactile hallucinations involve the feeling of touch or movement in the body.

The patient might sense that bugs are crawling on the skin or that the internal organs are moving around.

The patient might also sense the imagined touch of someone’s hands on the body.

Incidence

Hypnagogic hallucinations can happen without narcolepsy.

People may be not willing to admit to them for fear of being thought mentally ill.

They are believed to happen in most people at least once in their lives.

The wide difference in reporting rates has resulted in a wide disparity in quoted lifetime incidence: (hypnopompic 6-13%, hypnagogic 25-38%).

Sex ratio is equal.

A study of individuals documented that people with anxiety, depression, or bipolar affective disorder have a 2-fold rise in having hypnopompic or hypnagogic hallucinations at least once weekly.

The same study documented that patients with adjustment disorders had a