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{{stub}} '''Functional somatic syndromes''' (or FSS) are groups of physical symptoms that occur together, with no known physical cause.{{citation needed}} The lack of a clear physical basis for the illness can lead to assumptions that it is a [[psychosomatic illness]]. The term "functional somatic syndromes" is sometimes used to refer to physical illnesses which are not fully understood, even when these illnesses are classified as specific diseases rather than as illnesses of unknown origin,<ref>{{Cite web | url = https://icd.who.int/browse10/2016/en#/ | title = ICD-10 Version:2016 | last = World Health Organization | first = | authorlink = World Health Organization | date = |website=icd.who.int|archive-url=|archive-date=|url-status=|access-date=2019-03-06}}</ref> for example [[chronic fatigue syndrome]], [[Fibromyalgia|fibromyalgia syndrome]] and [[irritable bowel syndrome]] may be referred to as "functional somatic syndromes" by proponents of the [[biopsychosocial model]] of understanding illness.{{citation needed}} ==Lumping illnesses together == Functional somatic syndromes is a term used to ''lump'' different illness together on the basis on overlapping symptoms, despite their separate diagnostic criteria. Lumping distinct disorders together, and regarding all as [[medically unexplained physical symptoms]] is an approach that has been criticized by unscientific and lacking validity. {{citation needed}} ==Notable studies == *1999, Functional somatic syndromes: one or many?<ref name="WesselyOneOrMany">{{Cite journal | last = Wessely | first = S. | authorlink = Simon Wessely | last2 = Nimnuan | first2 = C. | authorlink2 = Chaichana Nimnuan | last3 = Sharpe | first3 = M. | authorlink3 = Matthew Hotopf | date = 1999-09-11 | title = Functional somatic syndromes: one or many?| url = https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10489969|journal=Lancet (London, England)|volume=354|issue=9182 | pages = 936–939|doi=10.1016/S0140-6736(98)08320-2|issn=0140-6736|pmid=10489969}}</ref> [https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10489969 (Abstract)] *2001, Medically unexplained symptoms: an epidemiological study in seven specialities<ref>{{Cite journal | last = Nimnuan | first = C. | authorlink = Chaichana Nimnuan | last2 = Hotopf | first2 = M. | authorlink2 = Matthew Hotopf | authorlink3 = Simon Wessely | last3 = Wessely | first3 = S. | date = Jul 2001 | title = Medically unexplained symptoms: an epidemiological study in seven specialities| url = https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11448704|journal=Journal of Psychosomatic Research|volume=51|issue=1 | pages = 361–367|issn=0022-3999|pmid=11448704}}</ref> [https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11448704 (Abstract)] == Letters, articles and talks == * 2000, Functional somatic syndromes<ref name="English2000">{{Cite journal | last = English | first = T.L. | authorlink = Thomas English | date = Feb 15, 2000 | title = Functional somatic syndromes| url = https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Ellen_Goudsmit/publication/12634788_Functional_somatic_syndromes/links/00b49532e9e9d67056000000/Functional-somatic-syndromes.pdf?origin=publication_detail|journal=[[Annals of Internal Medicine]]|volume=132|issue=4 | pages = 329|issn=0003-4819|pmid=10681297|quote=Lupus, multiple sclerosis, AIDS, and Lyme disease suffered similar fates before “tissue evidence” was available. Patients were belittled by armchair speculators masquerading as scientists. Who among us believes this was helpful? A simple “I don’t know” would have been better than specious speculation.<br >The authors confuse absence of evidence with evidence of absence. They are not the same. Absence of evidence may reflect insufficient research, inadequate technology, poor methods, flawed paradigms, closed minds, or lack of clinical experience; for example, in 1980, there was no clear evidence that AIDS was viral—blood products were considered “safe.”|via=}}</ref> [https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Ellen_Goudsmit/publication/12634788_Functional_somatic_syndromes/links/00b49532e9e9d67056000000/Functional-somatic-syndromes.pdf?origin=publication_detail (Full text)] * 2013, Disease-modifying therapies for nonrelapsing multiple sclerosis: Absence of evidence does not constitute evidence of absence<ref name="Dunn2013">{{Cite journal | last = Dunn | first = J. | author-link = Jeffrey Dunn | date = 2013-10-31 | title = Disease-modifying therapies for nonrelapsing multiple sclerosis: Absence of evidence does not constitute evidence of absence | url =http://dx.doi.org/10.1212/01.cpj.0000436215.95884.89|journal=Neurology: Clinical Practice|volume=3|issue=6 | pages = 515–518|doi=10.1212/01.cpj.0000436215.95884.89|issn=2163-0402|quote=|via=}}</ref> == See also == *[[Medically unexplained physical symptoms]] *[[Martha Mitchell Effect]] *[[Psychosomatic illness]]. *[[Psychologization]] * [[Functional movement disorder]] * [[Periodic paralysis]] == Learn more == == References == {{Reflist}} [[Category:Diagnoses]] [[Category:Mental disorders]] [[Category:Psychological paradigm]]
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