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 == ""Commonly feigned"" section == 

 Hey, I don't edit wikipedia often so I am sorry if I am doing anything wrong here. But I was just reading this article and I found the section ""Illnesses and conditions commonly feigned by Münchausen patients"" very offensive. First there's the overlap with psychiatric disorders. If someone repeatedly checks in to the hospital with -big air quotes- DEPRESSION, well, how would saying they are suffering from Münchausen syndrome be any more likely than saying they are suffering from depression? Secondly, there's the fact that the editor himself/herself says ""Many of these conditions do not have clearly observable or diagnostic symptoms."" I'm pretty sure the hallmark of Münchausen syndrome is that the symptoms are observable but fake - not that they are characteristic of medically difficult problems. I myself have Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (""Myalgic encephalomyelitis"" as it's billed here), for which science has thus far failed to find any universal testable diagnostic criteria. Since this can't be measured then, does that mean that everyone with CFS and similar conditions is faking it? Of course not. 

 In summary I vote that this entire section be removed. If someone knows the rules (it was flagged in Sept 2010, that's quite a while ago) and could facilitate the process, I'd appreciate it. 

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