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Alex@rtnVFRmedia Suffolk UK (vfrmedia@social.tchncs.de)'s status on Friday, 23-May-2025 07:47:04 JST Alex@rtnVFRmedia Suffolk UK
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@HarriettMB Nocebo effect causing panic attack, to the point the patients need at least basic treatment by paramedics?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nocebo
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  A nocebo effect is said to occur when a patient's expectations for a treatment cause the treatment to have a worse effect than it otherwise would have. For example, when a patient anticipates a side effect of a medication, they can experience that effect even if the "medication" is actually an inert substance. The complementary concept, the placebo effect, is said to occur when expectations improve an outcome. More generally, the nocebo effect is falling ill simply by consciously or subconsciously anticipating a harmful event. This definition includes anticipated events other than medical treatment. It has been applied to Havana syndrome, where purported victims were anticipating attacks by foreign adversaries. This definition also applies to cases of electromagnetic hypersensitivity. Both placebo and nocebo effects are presumably psychogenic but can induce measurable changes in the body. One article that reviewed 31 studies on nocebo effects reported a wide range of symptoms that could manifest as nocebo effects, including nausea, stomach pains, itching, bloating, depression, sleep problems, loss of appetite, sexual dysfunction, and severe hypotension...
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  HarriettMB (harriettmb@beige.party)'s status on Friday, 23-May-2025 07:47:06 JST HarriettMB
  
  ‘Xplain to me how there can be two ‘casualties’ when the product is not a risk???
  Dundonald Ice Bowl: Security alert ends after ‘package’ containing ‘unknown substance’ determined ‘not to be risk’ | BelfastTelegraph.co.uk https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/northern-ireland/dundonald-ice-bowl-security-alert-ends-after-package-containing-unknown-substance-determined-not-to-be-risk/a1392271481.html
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    Dundonald Ice Bowl: Security alert ends after ‘package’ containing ‘unknown substance’ determined ‘not to be risk’
    
    Two people were treated at the scene of a security alert at Dundonald Ice Bowl after police confirmed a “package” containing an “unknown substance” was opened in the facility.

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