What are the clinical manifestations of anxiety disorder

In this increasingly busy and prosperous world, everyone has worries of one kind or another. Emotional fluctuations can lead to the occurrence of some diseases, so it is very common to find people with anxiety disorders. There are many types of anxiety disorders, and their clinical manifestations are also varied. It not only affects people's temper, but also makes people more troubled and depressed. It also endangers people's health. So what are the clinical manifestations of anxiety disorder?

1. Chronic anxiety (generalized anxiety disorder)

(1) Emotional symptoms: In the absence of obvious triggers, patients often experience excessive worry, tension and fear that are inconsistent with the actual situation. This tension and fear often has no clear object or content. The patient feels that he is always in a state of nervousness, anxiety, fear, fear and anxiety.

(2) Autonomic nervous system symptoms include dizziness, chest tightness, palpitations, shortness of breath, dry mouth, frequent urination, urgency, sweating, tremors, and other physical symptoms.

(3) Motor restlessness: Feeling restless, unable to sit or lie down, irritable, and having difficulty calming down.

2. Acute anxiety attacks (panic attacks, panic disorders)

(1) Feeling of impending death or loss of control. In normal daily life, patients are almost the same as normal people. Once an attack occurs (some have specific triggering situations, such as closed spaces), the patient suddenly experiences extreme fear and a sense of impending death or loss of control.

(2) Symptoms of the autonomic nervous system appear simultaneously, such as chest tightness, palpitations, difficulty breathing, sweating, and trembling all over the body.

(3) The attack usually lasts from a few minutes to a few hours. The attack starts suddenly and the patient is conscious during the attack.

(4) It is very easy to misdiagnose. When an attack occurs, patients often call the "120" emergency number and go to the emergency room of the cardiology department. Although patients appear to have severe symptoms, most relevant test results are normal, so the diagnosis is often unclear. After the attack, patients are still extremely frightened and worried about their own condition. They often go to various departments of major hospitals and undergo various examinations, but no diagnosis can be made. It not only delays treatment but also causes a waste of medical resources.

3. Phobia (including social phobia, agoraphobia, specific phobia)

The core manifestation of phobia is the same as acute anxiety attack, which is a panic attack. The difference is that the anxiety attacks of phobias are caused by certain specific places or situations, and the patient will not feel anxious when he is not in these specific places or situations. For example, fear of social situations or interpersonal interactions, or fear of certain specific environments: such as airplanes, squares, and crowded places. The onset of anxiety in phobias is often predictable, and patients often adopt avoidance behaviors to prevent anxiety attacks.

4. In the United States' diagnostic criteria for mental disorders, anxiety disorders are very broad, including generalized anxiety, acute anxiety attacks, phobias, post-traumatic stress disorder, acute stress disorder, and obsessive-compulsive disorder.

After reading the above introduction to the clinical manifestations of anxiety disorder, I think everyone should have some understanding. We should correctly understand the symptoms of the disease so as to clearly determine whether it is mild or severe, and then adopt targeted treatment methods. We must control our emotions well to avoid anxiety disorders and other complications.