Screaming: Causes & Reasons

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Possible Causes for Screaming

Sleep Disorders

They include sleep walking, becoming violent during sleep, fighting in sleep, or fearful screaming. Contact Dr. [sleepandattentiondisorders.com]

If you have ever been told by friends or a bed partner that you talk or scream in your sleep, thrash around, kick your legs about, or sleepwalk, then you may have a sleep [sweetsleepstudio.com]

"I spent Sunday screaming for help, but no help came," she said. She kept on screaming, and help finally came on Tuesday after a woman living nearby heard her. [abcnews.go.com]

PANDAS

And yesterday, she screamed about her clothes suddenly being too tight. She is petrified when I leave her, and she follows me around the house yelling at me to help her. [anxietycanada.com]

Imagine a child screaming in terror in a corner, and a parent unable to hold them. These parents will tell you in detail about the day or week that their child changed. [iocdf.org]

"It was a lot of screaming, a lot of hitting and kicking adults," said school principal AJ McCree. [abcnews.go.com]

Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder

[…] mother explained that any time her husband got home from work on Wednesday evening and saw the trash cans still at the base of the driveway, he would become enraged and scream [additudemag.com]

While holding their sticks they would dance around the bonfire, contorting their bodies and screaming into the night air. [carstonhenderson.me]

Philip screams with all his might, catches at the cloth, but then that makes matters worse again. [doi.org]

Parasomnia Type Sleepwalking

They include sleep walking, becoming violent during sleep, fighting in sleep, or fearful screaming. Contact Dr. [sleepandattentiondisorders.com]

Sleep terrors are like severe nightmares but with intense fear often accompanied by screaming and fighting. [medicinenet.com]

Kids with sleep terrors may bolt upright in bed, eyes wide, screaming and sweating. [childrens.com]

Cannabinoid Hyperemesis Syndrome

The Metro article claimed that people with CHS often experience a strange combination of screaming and vomiting at the same time. [weedmaps.com]

In December 2017, Snopes explained that a tabloid based in the United Kingdom was warning people about a phenomenon known as “scromiting,” a hybrid word to mean screaming [americanaddictioncenters.org]

"'I've screamed out for death': Heavy, long-term pot use linked to rare, extreme nausea". USA TODAY. Retrieved 10 May 2018. External links[edit] Classification D [en.wikipedia.org]

Infantile Colic

Two infants were diagnosed by their pediatrician as having infantile colic, which was characterized by signs of distress, uncontrollable crying, and brief episodes of screaming [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

The mothers' description of this condition is that the breastfed baby who has been apparently alright in the day, frowns, his face becomes red, draws up his legs, screams, [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

We report a case of Meckel's diverticulum in a 6-month-old girl who presented with a 5-month history of chronic screaming but no symptoms or signs of intestinal obstruction [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Vocal Cord Nodule

Polyps are also caused by overuse or misuse of the voice such as singing, screaming, shouting or excessive talking. [news-medical.net]

Treatment Traditional standard of care management of vocal cord nodules is voice therapy and avoidance of any activities leading to voice abuse (screaming, yelling, etc). [fauquierent.net]

Some of the preventive measures that can be taken are: Avoid screaming Proper eating habits to avoid infection Speaking in a normal range and avoiding straining the vocal [simplyknowledge.com]

Breath-Holding Spell

The child may then gasp and start crying or screaming. Or, he or she may even lose consciousness and start breathing again. [mhealth.org]

Some attacks result from hyperactive normal reflexes, such as slowing of the heart rate when the eyes are rubbed, or when the child tries to breathe or scream against a closed [epilepsy.com]

The spell usually resolves within 30 to 60 seconds, with the child catching her breath and starting to cry or scream. [drgreene.com]

Larynx Polyp

Vocal cord cysts and polyps are not cancerous and are known to be exacerbated by excessive voice use (singing, cheerleading, teachers, yelling, screaming, etc). [fauquierent.net]

Polyps are also caused by overuse or misuse of the voice such as singing, screaming, shouting or excessive talking. [news-medical.net]

Talking too much, screaming, constantly clearing your throat, or smoking can make you hoarse. [icdlist.com]

Focal-Onset Impaired-Awareness Seizure

Examples of automatisms include: Verbal: crying laughing moaning repetitive speech screaming Oral: chewing lip smacking swallowing Manual: fumbling head rolling patting picking [epilepsyu.com]

We screamed with laughter. Lying in the hospital bed I wondered what was happening, but never worried. [multiplesclerosis.net]

[…] symptoms include: Lip smacking Eyelid flutters Chewing Finger rubbing Small movements of both hands Other less common symptoms may include: Repeating words or phrases Laughing Screaming [cedars-sinai.edu]

Night Terrors

We picked him up and he kept screaming. We changed his nappy, he kept screaming. We tried feeding him and winding him and checking his teeth, but he kept screaming. [theguardian.com]

Years later, during a family vacation, he woke up to the terrifying screams of his nephew’s night terrors. [mercurynews.com]

My daughter has had a few throughout … Screaming All Night! Scared Or Angry? My whole family is telling me I screamed last night, but I don't remember a thing. [end-your-sleep-deprivation.com]

Dog Bite

Prevention: Lessons for children Do not approach an unfamiliar dog Do not disturb a dog eating or sleeping Do not disturb a dog caring for puppies When approached by a dog Never scream [fpnotebook.com]

Now her grateful mother, Veronica Pena, says the girl is like any other 2-year-old - happy and loving to laugh and scream. [abc13.com]

Sleep Paralysis

You stare at the blood, the jagged wound in her throat, her wide, staring eyes, mouth opened in soundless scream. You survived your Old Hag Syndrome. She didn’t. [creepypasta.wikia.com]

I would try & scream, twitch my way out of it.. [end-your-sleep-deprivation.com]

"Every movement became impossible, and every scream was smothered by the plant material that was growing around his mouth and throat. [theguardian.com]

Rett Syndrome

[…] of purposeful hand movements, gait disturbance), and 6 of 11 supportive criteria (impaired sleep, abnormal tone, vasomotor disturbance, scoliosis, growth retardation, and screaming [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Abnormal sleep patterns can include irregular sleep times, falling asleep during the day and being awake at night, or waking in the night with crying or screaming. [mayoclinic.org]

Periods of crying or screaming may begin suddenly, for no apparent reason, and last for hours. Some children may experience fears and anxiety. Other abnormal behaviors. [mayoclinic.org]

REM Sleep Behavior Disorder

His nocturnal behavior was screaming, thrashing of arms, punching or kicking his spouse, and falling out of bed associated with nightmares of being attacked by what he described [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Aside from its significance as a predictor of PD, RBD in PD may imply more than merely screaming at night and experiencing sleep fragmentation. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

In RBD, people have dreams that are very vivid and violent, compelling them to talk, punch, kick, scream, and even jump out of bed. [sharecare.com]

Laryngeal Disease

Vocal cord hemorrhage: A sudden loss of voice, usually due to screaming, shouting, or other strenuous vocal tasks. [azvent.com]

Vocal cord hemorrhage : A sudden loss of voice, usually due to screaming, shouting, or other strenuous vocal tasks. [my.clevelandclinic.org]

They are usually due to voice abuse (loud screaming, voice straining). The nodules are areas of localized inflammation on the vocal cord. [berksent.com]

Acute Laryngitis

Talking too much, screaming, constantly clearing your throat, or smoking can make you hoarse. [icdlist.com]

ED SHEERAN,treated us to an emotional performance of Thinking Out Loud, while UNION J, also got the O2 screaming. What a night. [thesun.co.uk]

Don’t scream or yell. Speak in a lower tone of voice if your throat begins to feel sore or scratchy. Get plenty of rest. Take care of yourself and your voice. [articlemyriad.com]

Epilepsy with Generalized Tonic-Clonic Seizures

[…] the vocal cords might seize before a seizure occurs, causing the person scream. [centerforneuroandspine.com]

[…] consciousness Initial convulsions explosively force air out of the lungs, resulting in the epileptic “cry” Generalized motor tonic-clonic seizures follow this eerie, birdlike scream [dentalcare.com]

Thoughts spitfiring, futile it’s hurting someone make it stop I can’t scream LOOK AT ME! [jessradio.wordpress.com]

Generalized Tonic-Clonic Seizure

The fall is sometimes preceded by a shrill scream caused by forcible expiration of air as the respiratory and laryngeal muscles suddenly contract. [britannica.com]

The patient may scream, and they could lose control of their bladder and/or bowels during the seizure, or right after. [rscdiagnosticservices.com]

During the seizure the person may sometimes scream, swear or cry. Their sexual feelings and behaviour could be affected, which may or may not be visible to an onlooker. [web.archive.org]

Monosomy 1p36 Syndrome

[…] who are afflicted with this syndrome develop difficulties in behavior such as outbursts on their tempers, object-throwing, they can even strike other children or adults, screaming [signssymptoms.org]

These include self-injuring behavior, banging or throwing objects, hitting people and screaming episodes. [1p36dsa.org]

School Phobia

Any attempts to get them to school... can lead to quite extreme behaviour - temper tantrums, screaming, kicking. [bbc.co.uk]

Some may cry or scream for hours every morning in an effort to resist leaving home. Others may hide out in the nurse's office. [wsj.com]

"Any attempts to get them to school, when they are at their worst can lead to quite extreme behaviour - temper tantrums, screaming, kicking. [bbc.co.uk]

Behavior Disorder

[…] sensitivity and specificity by asking patients the question "Have you ever been told that you act out your dreams, for example by punching or flailing your arms in the air or screaming [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Some may walk, talk, scream, hit, or punch in their sleep. Sufferers are at risk for injuring themselves and others, especially if they are acting out a violent dream. [alleydog.com]

“Kendra’s a lot more willing to do things when I ask instead of throwing a fit and screaming and crying,” she says. [nbcnews.com]

Chronic Laryngitis

Your larynx is a voice box, which allows you to sing, speak, whisper, scream and make any vocal noise basically. [onlymyhealth.com]

Talking too much, screaming, constantly clearing your throat, or smoking can make you hoarse. [icdlist.com]

Vocal abuse or overuse of voice (screaming, yelling). [virginiaent.com]

Rape Victim

If possible, push the person away, scream "No!", and say that you consider what the person is doing to be rape. [police.uncc.edu]

By the time the family rushed back home on hearing her scream, the man fled from the scene,” Shakti Prasad Uniyal, tehsildar of Kalsi, told Hindustan Times. [hindustantimes.com]

— After hearing a woman's screams inside a large metal container, investigators sawed and pried open the bin, rescuing the woman, who had been chained inside for about two [nbcnews.com]

Venomous Marine Animals and Plants Poisoning

And the best strategy to deal with it is – get this – to lie down and start screaming! [odditycentral.com]

But should you get stung, just remember to stop, drop, and scream like no one’s listening. Browse the full Absurd Creature of the Week archive here. [wired.com]

Before I could get close enough, she put her nose on the ground and let out a horrific scream. [bugguide.net]

Nymphomania

"But then we started to go faster and faster ... there were screams, and then flames and children all over. God, the children." [sfgate.com]

[…] love and flowers With their songs and their dark powers Bodies naked, hot and writhing Belladonna wine embibing Here they come datura dreaming Out their minds in madness screaming [metrolyrics.com]

You can read some passages from the Chronicle article here: A runaway cable car jammed with screaming passengers careened down the steep Hyde Street Hill into a station wagon [sfgate.com]

Laryngeal Contact Ulcer

Avoid yelling or screaming to the point of causing hoarseness. [thesingersresource.com]

Singing, screaming or shouting too loudly over a period of time may result in swelling of the vocal cords, and laryngitis. [health365.com.au]

Singing, screaming or shouting too loudly over a period of time may result in oedema (swelling) of the vocal cords, and laryngitis. [health24.com]

Precipitate Labor

While I was on the phone, Liz screamed that she needed to push. Robinson was at our front door 15 minutes later. [todaysparent.com]

The nights I spent in the hospital afterwards, in the same bed where I gave birth, only made things worse as I listened to the screams and cries of other women in labor. [runningintriangles.com]

With DD2 i woke up needing to push, a call to the maternity unit who screamed at OH to call an ambulance, an ambulance controller who screamed at OH to get me off the toilet [netmums.com]

Postpartum Psychosis

I was screaming at flowers. I was screaming at the sky.” [merseycare.nhs.uk]

Hannah was sectioned after, believing she was God, she collapsed to the living room floor screaming that her baby had been killed moments earlier. [mirror.co.uk]

In one, I can hear myself screaming at someone to throw me in the water. "Kill me!" I screamed, over and over. "Kill me now!" [goodhousekeeping.com]

Centipede Bite

I didn't even scream. [xojane.com]

“I started swinging my feet side to side and screaming. It let go after a few seconds then I hit it with the broom. It started bleeding. [stlucianewsonline.com]

If a leg is missing, they try to clean it in its correct order -- and if you interrupt them (e.g., by screaming), they testily wait until you leave them alone and then resume [xojane.com]