When is laughter a medical symptom?

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    Discovery Health answered:

    Uncontrollable and embarrassing laughter can be a symptom of a brain tumor, cyst, Angelman syndrome, Tourette syndrome, an acute stroke, drug abuse, dementia and anxiety. The laughter demonstrates there is a malfunction in the way the nervous system transmits signals.

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    Uncontrollable and embarrassing laughter can be a symptom of a brain tumor, cyst, Angelman syndrome, Tourette syndrome, an acute stroke, drug abuse, dementia and anxiety. The laughter demonstrates there is a malfunction in the way the nervous system... More