Patient has, on a plate of fries, applied ranch in a quantity that exceeds the fries. The fries are, at this point, vehicles. The plate has standing dressing. Patient is asking for more. Has done this with ketchup on eggs, mayo on everything, and hot sauce in a volume that has required a water-glass refill. The food is, apparently, the delivery mechanism.
Chronic. The correct ratio, to patient, is biased-sauce-heavy.
None. More sauce, not less, is, somehow, the request.
Patients with Pathological Condiment-Over-Food Violation typically present with some or all of the following:
This is the Institute's entry for Pathological Condiment-Over-Food Violation — a pathological condition cataloged for archival purposes and shared for patient use. No prescription exists. No intervention has been shown effective. Recognition is the primary benefit of diagnosis.
Formal name: Proportio condimentum inverso. Not found in the DSM-5 or ICD-11. Found, routinely, in the patient population.
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