Not everyone's symptoms are the same, and there is no simple physiological test to confirm the disorder.

External use of detergents or douches or internal disturbances ( hormonal or physiological ) can perturb the normal vaginal flora, consisting of lactic acid bacteria, such as lactobacilli, and result in an overgrowth of Candida cells, causing symptoms of infection, such as local inflammation.

In the absence of a direct physiological or genetic test or marker for each disease, it is only possible to distinguish them by their specific pattern of symptoms.

* Bodily symptoms: the physiological component of emotional experience

Schizophrenia cannot be diagnosed if symptoms of mood disorder are substantially present ( although schizoaffective disorder could be diagnosed ), or if symptoms of pervasive developmental disorder are present unless prominent delusions or hallucinations are also present, or if the symptoms are the direct physiological result of a general medical condition or a substance, such as abuse of a drug or medication.

As an illness, neurosis represents a variety of mental disorders in which emotional distress or unconscious conflict is expressed through various physical, physiological, and mental disturbances, which may include physical symptoms ( e. g., hysteria ).

Atropine, an antagonist to muscarinic acetylcholine receptors, is given to treat the physiological symptoms of poisoning.

Whilst the symptoms of physiological disorders may appear disease-like, they can usually be prevented by altering environmental conditions.

Adults with Williams syndrome are typically limited in their ability to live independently or work in competitive employment settings, but this developmental impairment is attributed more to psychological symptoms than physiological problems.

The vertebral subluxation has been described as a syndrome with signs and symptoms which include: altered alignment ; aberrant motion ; palpable soft tissue changes ; localized / referred pain ; muscle contraction or imbalance ; altered physiological function ; reversible with adjustment / manipulation ; focal tenderness.

However, when a patient exhibits a physiological symptom, there are often psychological, social, or spiritual symptoms as well.

Behavioral therapies assume that the physiological process underlying dysmenorrhea is influenced by environmental and psychological factors, and that dysmenorrhea can be effectively treated by physical and cognitive procedures that focus on coping strategies for the symptoms rather than on changes to the underlying processes.

To " screen " means to test for anatomical, physiological, or genetic conditions in the absence of symptoms of disease.

However, as this does nothing to alleviate the actual deformity it will not prevent any physiological symptoms caused by the condition.

# A physiological withdrawal state when drug use is stopped or reduced, as evidenced by: the characteristic withdrawal syndrome for the substance ; or use of the same ( or a closely related ) substance with the intention of relieving or avoiding withdrawal symptoms ;

Conversion symptoms typically do not conform to known anatomical pathways and physiological mechanisms, but instead follow the individual's conceptualization of a condition.

Several other studies have shown that students who were told they were consuming alcoholic beverages ( which in fact were non-alcoholic ) perceived themselves as being " drunk ", exhibited fewer physiological symptoms of social stress, and drove a simulated car similarly to other subjects who had actually consumed alcohol.

Physical dependence can manifest itself in the appearance of both physical and psychological symptoms which are caused by physiological adaptions in the central nervous system and the brain due to chronic exposure to a substance.

Biotin deficiency on its own can have severe physiological and cognitive consequences that closely resemble symptoms of organic acidemias.

Wimsatt and Beardsley on an ideal, objective criticism: " It will not talk of tears, prickles or other physiological symptoms, of feeling angry, joyful, hot, cold, or intense, or of vaguer states of emotional disturbance, but of shades of distinction and relation between objects of emotion.

Receptor deletion and Receptor addition are implicated in causing psychiatric and physiological symptoms of dependence and withdrawal from psychotropic drugs.

The symptoms of barley yellow dwarf vary with the affected crop cultivar, the age of the plant at the time of infection, the strain of the virus, and environmental conditions, and can be confused with other disease or physiological disorders.

Ellert Nijenhuis and colleagues suggest a distinction between personalities responsible for day-to-day functioning ( associated with blunted physiological responses and reduced emotional reactivity, referred to as the " apparently normal part of the personality " or ANP ) and those emerging in survival situations ( involving fight-or-flight responses, vivid traumatic memories and strong, painful emotions, the " emotional part of the personality " or EP ).

Catecholamines cause general physiological changes that prepare the body for physical activity ( fight-or-flight response ).

Stress management encompasses techniques intended to equip a person with effective coping mechanisms for dealing with psychological stress, with stress defined as a person's physiological response to an internal or external stimulus that triggers the fight-or-flight response.

* Cortisol awakening response, a physiological response when a person wakes up

For example, it is not the feeling of fear that produces an increase in heart beat, both are symptomatic of a common physiological origin, possibly in response to a legitimate external threat.

There are many physiological changes in the body associated with fear, which can be summarized as the " fight or flight " response.

It would be difficult to find an area of scientific interest more beset by divided professional opinion and contradictory experimental evidence … No one can say whether hypnosis is a qualitatively unique state with some physiological and conditioned response components or only a form of suggestion induced by high motivation and a positive relationship between hypnotist and subject … T. X.

Soluble fiber also attenuates the absorption of sugar, reduces sugar response after eating, normalizes blood lipid levels and, once fermented in the colon, produces short-chain fatty acids as byproducts with wide-ranging physiological activities ( discussion below ).

Conversely, restricting excursion of the diaphragm by pressing the stethoscope diaphragm surface firmly against the anatomical area overlying the physiological sounds of interest, the acoustic surround could also be used to dampen excursion of the diaphragm in response to " z "- axis pressure against a concentric fret.

# A second messenger transmits the signal into the cell, eliciting a physiological response.

* Drug tolerance or physiological tolerance, a decrease in the response to a substance due to previous exposure

However, ultrasonic energy has two potential physiological effects: it enhances inflammatory response ; and it can heat soft tissue.

Leepson sees sex education as instruction in various physiological, psychological and sociological aspects of sexual response and reproduction.

Pheromones-chemical substances secreted by an animal that elicit a specific behavioral or physiological response in another animal of the same species.

By complex cooperative action the proteases may proceed as cascade reactions, which result in rapid and efficient amplification of an organism's response to a physiological signal.

Viscous soluble fibers may also attenuate the absorption of sugar, reduces sugar response after eating, normalizes blood lipid levels and, once fermented in the colon, produce short-chain fatty acids as byproducts with wide-ranging physiological activities ( discussion below ).

This physiological response is involuntary ( like fainting ), rather than a conscious act.

This physiological dive response ensures oxygen-sensitive tissues maintain a supply of oxygen, while those tissues tolerant to hypoxia receive less blood flow.

Instead they introduced the word " meaning response " for the meaning that the brain associates with the placebo, which causes a physiological placebo effect.

One branch of the central nervous system, the sympathetic nervous system, becomes primarily active during a stress response, regulating many of the body ’ s physiological functions in ways that ought to make an organism more adaptive to its environment.

For most biological organisms, the physiological response is to maintain surface temperature in an acceptable range so as to avoid adverse effects.

In many cases the two have " opposite " actions where one activates a physiological response and the other inhibits it.

* Excitation-contraction coupling, the physiological process of converting an electrical stimulus to a mechanical response