Difference between Hide desire to & Hides things

Question by Veeraraghavan A.R. on January 29, 2011 at 12:46pm:

Sir, if you do please explain the difference between 'hide desire to' and 'hide things' through the patients communications?

Answer by Dr Prasad Arvind Rasal. on January 30, 2011 at 8:37am :

Dear Veeraraghavan,

Many thanks for your questions.

Hide, desire to means generally the person himself wants to hide himself from the society due to any reason. For e.g. esp in children, due to shyness, these children in OPD hide themselves behind the persons or chair or anything. Sometimes, Patients wants to hide certain things while telling history due to certain reason. In Hide, desire to person shows or gives hints regarding the thing & still he don't want to disclose them while in Hides things patient hides the thing directly without giving any idea regarding them. We can get those things either from relatives or on observation. The difference, we have to perceive. If we took Hide, desire to, we cannot loose the remedy because all three remedies under the rubric Hides things are present in Hide, desire to. If you are in dilemma, always use the broad rubric which covers all the remedies.
Thanks!