Expert answer: What causes sub-health

Ms. Chen asked: In recent years, I have often heard the term "sub-health". What causes sub-health?

Doctor’s answer: 1. Psychological imbalance. 2. The overdraft of energy and physical strength caused by excessive fatigue causes the main organs of the body to be in an abnormal load state where the income is not enough to cover the expenditure for a long time. 3. Unhealthy lifestyles and habits: such as high-salt, high-fat, high-calorie diets, heavy smoking, alcoholism, long periods of sitting, unbalanced nutrition, staying up late, and abuse of drugs. 4. Environmental pollution. 5. Stimulation by adverse mental and psychological factors. Humans have seven emotions: joy, anger, worry, thought, sadness, fear, and shock. Excessive joy hurts the heart, anger hurts the liver, worry hurts the spleen, excessive sadness hurts the lungs, and shock hurts the kidneys.

Mr. Gao asked: My daughter always feels very tired and can't relax every day. She always says that she is sub-healthy. What are the diagnostic criteria for sub-health?

Doctor's answer: 1. Physical symptoms such as fatigue, lack of energy, sleep disturbance or pain;

2. Mental and psychological symptoms such as depression, restlessness, irritability, fear, timidity, decreased short-term memory, and inability to concentrate;

3. The frequency of interpersonal communication decreases, or interpersonal relationships become tense, resulting in a decrease in social adaptability.

Among the above three items, the first one is a necessary symptom, and the second and third ones are secondary symptoms. The symptoms persist for more than 3 months, and systematic examinations have ruled out diseases that may cause the above symptoms.