Screaming: Causes & Reasons

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Possible Causes for screaming

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]

Parasomnia

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]

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

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]

Overeating

Take the book Into the Wild —when the main character can't find food, his hunger drives him to a screaming, shake-his-fist-at-the-heavens rage, a stark example of the primal [prevention.com]

“We’ve all seen the screaming kid who will only be quieted down by candy. [eatthis.com]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

Typically, the child cries or screams and then stops breathing. The skin then begins to turn blue, particularly around the lips, which is caused by a shortage of oxygen. [news-medical.net]

Tics

The screams and movements would occur spontaneously or follow an unexpected and startling stimulus, such as the slamming of a door. [jnnp.bmj.com]

Eventually, you’ll probably just collapse under the pressure and turn into a screaming ball of creaking joints. Well done! [clickhole.com]

Twirling in circles Walking on toes Belching Clicking Coughing Gasping Grunting Gurgling Gutteral sounds Hiccupping Hissing Honking Misc. noises Moaning Noisy breathing Puffing Screaming [tourette13.tripod.com]

Night Terrors

They usually happen two to three hours into sleep and often see sufferers start to scream and thrash around in bed. [thesun.co.uk]

Night terrors, or sleep terrors, are a parasomnia condition in which the subject reacts to a foreboding sense of fear or terror by screaming, thrashing around or crying. [sleepassociation.org]

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]

Infantile Colic

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]

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]

Larynx Polyp

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

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]

Focal-Onset Impaired-Awareness Seizure

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

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

[…] 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]

Voice Overuse

Overuse, misuse, lack of air support, straining, screaming, excessive clearing of the throat, excessive coughing or even choking on a piece of food, if ignored, can lead to [dolcenter.net]

And define "toned down," what with the screaming outbursts. Joe screams a lot, but he's still a cartoon character. [boards.straightdope.com]

Avoid yelling, screaming, and talking in noisy places and events such as parks and little league games. 3. During workouts, breathe slowly and avoid grunting. 4. [newswise.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]

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 following signs and symptoms occur in some but not all people with grand mal seizures: A scream. Some people may cry out at the beginning of a seizure. [mayoclinic.org]

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

Do not run from a dog and scream. Remain motionless (e.g., "be still like a tree") when approached by an unfamiliar dog. [web.archive.org]

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]

Sleep Paralysis

Sleep paralysis is not to be confused with “night terrors” where an individual will awaken and sit bolt upright in a panic, often screaming and flailing their arms wildly, [thoughtcatalog.com]

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]

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

Hysteria

Kate’s screaming was Bieber’s cue to leave, but by then he was surrounded by a swarm of girls. [thehairpin.com]

• Isabel screamed again, twisting her head from side to side, catapulted brutally into panic-stricken hysteria. • She suggests that hysteria was an alternative role option [ldoceonline.com]

[…] definition of HYSTERIA [ noncount ] 1 : a state in which your emotions (such as fear) are so strong that you behave in an uncontrolled way A few of the children began to scream [learnersdictionary.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]

They usually manifest with agitation, persistent screaming, constipation, gastroesophageal reflux, aerophagia, hyperventilation, and breath-holding episodes. [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]

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]

Vaginitis

'Fainites,' he screamed.'If it weren'tfor thefact you bastards owe me money, I'd arrest you,' said Trew from the depthsof the kit bags where wehad buriedhim.' [educalingo.com]

Other Hampshire variants were scrims, screens, scrames, screams, creams and cribs.[2] Finns was used in Guernsey. [en.wikipedia.org]

[…] gesture to the use of a truce term in Scotland.[2] Fainites and fains (or vainites and vains) predominated in London and throughout southern England, apart from the scribs and screams [en.wikipedia.org]

Bronchitis

— Sophie Carson, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, "'Please don't kill me': Neighbors heard screams, called 911 on evening mother, children were last seen alive," 17 Feb. 2020 [merriam-webster.com]

Urinary Tract Disease

Some children rebel (scream and cry) when potty training. Reassurance is useful, but not all children can be potty trained at one particular age. [onhealth.com]

Menopause

I began to feel kinship, not disgust, for the red-faced ladies screaming for someone to open a window. [nymag.com]

I’d screamed obscenities at the masochistic nuns at my Catholic school, kicked undercover cops in the groin and once threw a chair at my abusive fiancé’s head while Allen [opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com]

I screamed so loudly in my car that I doubtless woke up the hapless residents on either side of the street. [prevention.com]

Vaginospasm

Getty Images "I screamed in pain the entire time," she said, adding: "It was around then that we decided we really needed to look into this." [cosmopolitan.com]

frightening or dangerous, making the body scream out loud, “NO ENTRY!” [womentc.com]

For instance, she may blurt out: 'But I though you'd have split me apart by now' or 'I thought I'd be pouring blood or screaming in agony by now'. [netdoctor.co.uk]

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]

Urinary Tract Infection

Some children rebel (scream and cry) when potty training. Reassurance is useful, but not all children can be potty trained at one particular age. [onhealth.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]

Cystitis

In just 5 steps and less than 30 minutes of my three hour Plan, you can ease your screaming pain 2. [angelakilmartin.com]

But most of all, you suffer from that burning sensation that makes you want to pass urine all the time: it can make you scream. [angelakilmartin.com]