Table 1.
List of medical specialties and conditions (n = 83) included in the search list on PSS and related syndromes and disorders.
| Specialty | Condition |
|---|---|
| General (non-specific) terms | Functional |
| General practitioner | Subjective symptoms, medically unexplained symptoms |
| Psychiatry/psychosomatic medicine | Dissociative disorders, somatoform disorder, somatization disorder, pain disorder, conversion disorder, somatic symptom disorder, bodily distress disorder, culture-bound syndrome |
| Allergology | Food intolerance, multiple chemical sensitivity, sick building syndrome, Persian Gulf syndrome, amalgam hypersensitivity, Implant intolerance, prothesis intolerance, aerotoxic syndrome, wind turbine syndrome, electromagnetic hypersensitivity |
| Anesthesiology | Idiopathic pain, chronic postoperative pain |
| Cardiology | Atypical chest pain, palpitations with normal investigations, syndrome X |
| Dermatology | Psychogenic skin disease |
| Endocrinology | Hypoglycemia |
| Gastroenterology | Functional gastrointestinal disorders, disorders of the gut-brain-interaction, functional bowel syndrome, nonulcer dyspepsia, functional abdominal pain, functional colon disease, functional disorders of swallowing, globus syndrome |
| Gynecology and urology | Premenstrual syndrome, functional urologic disorders, paruresis, dysfunctional voiding, idiopathic overactive bladder, interstitial cystitis, urethral syndrome, chronic pelvic pain syndrome, pelvic arthropathy |
| Infectiology | Chronic lyme disease, candida hypersensitivity, chronic rhinopharyngitis |
| Neurology | Functional seizures, functional voice disorder, functional motor disorder, functional eye movement disorder, functional facial movement disorder, functional tongue movement disorder, functional sensory symptoms, functional visual symptoms, functional speech disorder, functional memory disorder, functional cognitive disorder, functional dizziness, functional stroke, tension headache, atypical face pain, central sensitivity syndrome, post-concussion syndrome, chronic fatigue syndrome, myalgic encephalomyelitis, neurasthenia, post-viral fatigue syndrome |
| Oral medicine/otorhinolaryngology | Temporomandibular joint disorder, atypical odontalgia, psychogenic gagging, burning mouth, bruxism |
| Orthopedics | Repetitive strain injury, chronic whiplash syndrome |
| Respiratory medicine | Hyperventilation syndrome |
| Rheumatology | Fibromyalgia, chronic low back pain, chronic pain, persistent pain, chronic intractable benign pain syndrome |