Koro (medicine)
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Koro is a culture bound delusional disorder in which individuals have an overpowering belief that their sex organs are retracting and will disappear, despite the lack of any true longstanding changes to the genitals. Koro is also known as shrinking penis, and it is listed in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders.
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See also
- Hard flaccid syndrome, a dysfunction of the pelvic floor that causes constant "turtling"
- Shenkui, a similar Chinese culture-bound syndrome
- Castration anxiety
- Culture-bound syndrome
- Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders
- Traditional Chinese Medicine
- Mental health in China
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