Wasichana 12 wamepatwa na ugonjwa ambao bado haujafahamika bayana, ingawaje watu wanafananisha dalili zake na ugonjwa ujulikanao kam a Tourette's syndrome" ambapo mtu hutetemeka pasina sababu.
Kwa hali ya wasichana hawa madaktari wanadhani ni aina fulani ya 'hysteria'.
Hysteria ni tatizo la kisaikolojia ambalo huwatokea mara nyingi wasichana wanaoishi pamoja kwa muda mrefu kama vile katika shule za bweni au kambi za muda mrefu.
Tatizo hili limezoeleka sana nchini Tanzania na hujionesha kwa dalili za kucheka sana, kutetemeka na kuanguka. Unaweza kusoma zaidi historia yake "The Tanganyikan Laughing Epidemic of 1962" kama ilivyoandikwa hapa (bofya kufungua)
Hili la mabinti wawili bado linatolewa maelezo tofauti na madaktari tofauti, kila mmoja na dhana yake, (mifano michache tu, tizama ctv.ca, youtube 1, youtube 2 na youtube 3 nyinginezo) pengine mwishoni watafikia uamuzi wa pamoja na kukubaliana aina ya tatizo linalowasumbua wasichana hawa.
Sasa soma zaidi kisa hiki cha wasichana 12 wa New York:
Girls with mysterious Tourette - like symptoms
by rmurray@nydailynews.com, nydailynews.com
Kwa hali ya wasichana hawa madaktari wanadhani ni aina fulani ya 'hysteria'.
Hysteria ni tatizo la kisaikolojia ambalo huwatokea mara nyingi wasichana wanaoishi pamoja kwa muda mrefu kama vile katika shule za bweni au kambi za muda mrefu.
Tatizo hili limezoeleka sana nchini Tanzania na hujionesha kwa dalili za kucheka sana, kutetemeka na kuanguka. Unaweza kusoma zaidi historia yake "The Tanganyikan Laughing Epidemic of 1962" kama ilivyoandikwa hapa (bofya kufungua)
Hili la mabinti wawili bado linatolewa maelezo tofauti na madaktari tofauti, kila mmoja na dhana yake, (mifano michache tu, tizama ctv.ca, youtube 1, youtube 2 na youtube 3 nyinginezo) pengine mwishoni watafikia uamuzi wa pamoja na kukubaliana aina ya tatizo linalowasumbua wasichana hawa.
Sasa soma zaidi kisa hiki cha wasichana 12 wa New York:
Girls with mysterious Tourette - like symptoms
by rmurray@nydailynews.com, nydailynews.com
Twelve girls from an upstate New York high school began developing tics and emitting mysterious outbursts.
Officials at Le Roy Junior-Senior High School in Amherst, N.Y. scrambled to figure out how and why the girls were suddenly exhibiting Tourette's -like symptoms.
The answer, according to one doctor: mass hysteria.
"It's happened before, all around the world, in different parts of the world," Dr. Lazslo Mechtler, a neurologist told the Today show in an interview Wednesday morning. "It's a rare phenomena. Physicians are intrigued by it. The bottom line is these teenagers will get better."
Officials at Le Roy Junior-Senior High School in Amherst, N.Y. scrambled to figure out how and why the girls were suddenly exhibiting Tourette's -like symptoms.
The answer, according to one doctor: mass hysteria.
"It's happened before, all around the world, in different parts of the world," Dr. Lazslo Mechtler, a neurologist told the Today show in an interview Wednesday morning. "It's a rare phenomena. Physicians are intrigued by it. The bottom line is these teenagers will get better."
But the diagnosis doesn't mean the girls are lying about their ailments.
“That’s not faking it,” said Today show contributor and psychologist Dr. Gail Saltz. “They’re real symptoms. They need a psychiatric or psychological treatment. Treatment does work.”
Thera Sanchez, a high school cheerleader and art student, said she couldn't pin down why her tics started.
“I was fine. I was perfectly fine,” she told the morning show on Tuesday. “There was nothing going on, and then I just woke up, and that’s when the stuttering started.”
While it’s not clear which of the students first began to exhibit the bizarre symptoms - like verbal outbursts, siezures and uncontrollable tics.
Once one person becomes affected, other people can feed off the stress and begin to exhibit the same symptoms, sparking an epidemic of panic.
The school ran tests on air quality and mold, and investigated carbon monoxide and illegal drugs as potential causes, but found nothing.
“We have conclusively ruled out any form of infection of communicable disease and there’s no evidence of any environmental factor,” Dr. Gregory Young of the New York Department of Health told NBC News.
Still, parents aren’t satisfied.
“Obviously, we are all not just accepting that this is a stress thing,” one of the girl’s father’s, Jim Dupont, said to TODAY. “It’s heart-wrenching, you fear your daughter’s not going to have a normal life.”
“That’s not faking it,” said Today show contributor and psychologist Dr. Gail Saltz. “They’re real symptoms. They need a psychiatric or psychological treatment. Treatment does work.”
Thera Sanchez, a high school cheerleader and art student, said she couldn't pin down why her tics started.
“I was fine. I was perfectly fine,” she told the morning show on Tuesday. “There was nothing going on, and then I just woke up, and that’s when the stuttering started.”
While it’s not clear which of the students first began to exhibit the bizarre symptoms - like verbal outbursts, siezures and uncontrollable tics.
Once one person becomes affected, other people can feed off the stress and begin to exhibit the same symptoms, sparking an epidemic of panic.
The school ran tests on air quality and mold, and investigated carbon monoxide and illegal drugs as potential causes, but found nothing.
“We have conclusively ruled out any form of infection of communicable disease and there’s no evidence of any environmental factor,” Dr. Gregory Young of the New York Department of Health told NBC News.
Still, parents aren’t satisfied.
“Obviously, we are all not just accepting that this is a stress thing,” one of the girl’s father’s, Jim Dupont, said to TODAY. “It’s heart-wrenching, you fear your daughter’s not going to have a normal life.”
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