Panic disorder is often mistaken as a "Coronary Heart Disease"

In one of the four classic "Journey to the West" in the true Monkey King, in fact, a number of people suffering from the disease also true. Aged 58-year-old Ms. Wang, a professor at the University, as a case of a car accident years ago, survivors, and by the recent number of the world, stimulation of the terrorist attacks, the recent emergence of class time and again dizziness, palpitation, chest distress, fear, etc. performance, she immediately interrupted classes, and soon the symptoms disappeared. However, she re-entering the classroom, will panic attack, so had to stop teaching in class. Later, at home watching television when the camera is also a terrorist attack, she had no choice but to not watch television. This once again the fear of attack and of "context fear" of avoidance behavior, has seriously affected her work and learning, to greatly reduce the quality of life, and she repeatedly went to the hospital were misdiagnosed as coronary heart disease.

Panic disorder, also known as intermittent anxiety attacks, the basic characteristic is the strong recurrent fear, accompanied by a variety of physical symptoms, such as tachycardia, dizziness, chest tightness, and so on, similar to angina. Most panic attack from the beginning of adolescence, but may also occur in children and the elderly, women about twice as many men. The initial panic attack may have certain incentives, such as work, family members or friends back home can also be a result of surgery, childbirth, traffic accidents, natural and man-made disasters, as well as drinking too much coffee, strong tea or use of excited - after agent. 50% -60% of patients have a panic attack as a result of flu, less than the air we breathe consciously, often leads to hyperventilation, limb Ma, a cold sweat, trembling, standing instability, a small number of patients have upper abdominal discomfort or feeling of emptiness Many patients fear of death. Short duration of each attack only a few minutes, the elderly up to a few hours, so people suffering from panic disorder is very painful.

At present, many people do not understand this kind of psychological disorder, doctors and patients will usually panic when the physical symptoms of the body mistakenly believe that a serious disease, such as palpitation, chest tightness, sweating mistaken for "heart attack" to headache, dizziness, limb, etc. Ma understood as "stroke." They repeated to cardiology, neurology, or emergency department examination and treatment, to the neglect of the nature of mental illness, and even long-term misdiagnosis, the risk of misdiagnosis. Only a correct understanding of the disease impact on the quality of life in order to attract attention, and take proper countermeasures. In recent years, psychological therapy and medication advances, to promote the improvement of panic disorder provides a new means and hope. Some of these psychological treatment method, patients can also be used to "self-help" to alleviate the pain, speedy recovery.