Non-specific health problems (NSHPs): Do we need a physician to get sick?

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Event Abstract Back to Event Non-specific health problems (NSHPs): Do we need a physician to get sick? György Bárdos1*, Renáta Szemerszky2 and Ferenc Köteles3 1 Eötvös Loránd University, Institute of Health Promotion and Sport Sciences, Hungary 2 Eötvös Loránd University, Department of Physiology and Neurobiology, Hungary 3 Eötvös Loránd University, Department of Personality and Health Psychology, Hungary Non-specific health problems (NSHP) are uncertain feelings caused by different, barely identifeid factors, that influence everyday activity only slightly but still attract attention. Symptoms are common that frequently are felt by any time by any person (e.g. headache, muscle tension, fatigue, dizziness, unstability), are difficult to identify, are variable in their apperance, in which cultural factors play a significant role. Factors behind NSHPs may be external (fronts, solar activity, magnetic storms, electromagnetic fields), internal (overeating, toxic traces, hypoxia) or psycholgical (emotional distension, stress, anxiety). NSHPs cannot be regarded as diseases but rather as homeostatic disfunctions; typical examples are weather sensitivity, mobile-disease, sick-building syndrome, etc. It is not clear whether NSHPs have biological causes at all or are purely psychological in nature. Based on studying animal and human models (electromagnetic exposure, nocebo-effect, weather sensitivity) we suggest that biological effects are – if at all – mild and transient whereas ’serious’ and lasting symptoms are generated on a psychological way. Since the symptoms in NHSPs are very similar to those observed in numerous nocebo phenomena, it is striking to suppose that they share common if not identical mechanisms. Conference: IBRO International Workshop 2010, Pécs, Hungary, 21 Jan - 23 Jan, 2010. Presentation Type: Poster Presentation Topic: Cognition and behavior Citation: Bárdos G, Szemerszky R and Köteles F (2010). Non-specific health problems (NSHPs): Do we need a physician to get sick?. Front. Neurosci. Conference Abstract: IBRO International Workshop 2010. doi: 10.3389/conf.fnins.2010.10.00143 Copyright: The abstracts in this collection have not been subject to any Frontiers peer review or checks, and are not endorsed by Frontiers. They are made available through the Frontiers publishing platform as a service to conference organizers and presenters. The copyright in the individual abstracts is owned by the author of each abstract or his/her employer unless otherwise stated. Each abstract, as well as the collection of abstracts, are published under a Creative Commons CC-BY 4.0 (attribution) licence (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) and may thus be reproduced, translated, adapted and be the subject of derivative works provided the authors and Frontiers are attributed. For Frontiers’ terms and conditions please see https://www.frontiersin.org/legal/terms-and-conditions. Received: 29 Apr 2010; Published Online: 29 Apr 2010. * Correspondence: György Bárdos, Eötvös Loránd University, Institute of Health Promotion and Sport Sciences, Budapest, Hungary, bardosgy@ludens.elte.hu Login Required This action requires you to be registered with Frontiers and logged in. To register or login click here. Abstract Info Abstract The Authors in Frontiers György Bárdos Renáta Szemerszky Ferenc Köteles Google György Bárdos Renáta Szemerszky Ferenc Köteles Google Scholar György Bárdos Renáta Szemerszky Ferenc Köteles PubMed György Bárdos Renáta Szemerszky Ferenc Köteles Related Article in Frontiers Google Scholar PubMed Abstract Close Back to top Javascript is disabled. Please enable Javascript in your browser settings in order to see all the content on this page.