What are the symptoms of neurosis?

Disease is a very common thing in life. Although disease can have a devastating impact on people's lives, it can also be effectively controlled and treated. However, a thorough understanding of the disease itself is necessary to find the correct treatment method. For example, neurosis is a common disease manifestation. Let's take a look at the manifestations of neurosis.

Clinical manifestations

Patients show anxiety, panic and tension, feel that the worst is about to happen, often feel restless, lack a sense of security, are worried and upset all day long, and lose interest in external things. In severe cases, there will be fear and panic reactions to external stimuli, often accompanied by sleep disorders and autonomic nervous system disorders, such as difficulty falling asleep, nightmares, easy awakening, pale or flushed face, sweating, numbness of the limbs, muscle twitching, dizziness, palpitations, a feeling of tightness or suffocation in the chest, loss of appetite, dry mouth, abdominal distension and burning sensation, constipation or diarrhea, frequent urination, irregular menstruation, lack of sexual desire, etc.

Physical symptoms

The physical manifestations of anxiety disorder are very common in clinical practice, mainly manifested as increased muscle tension, leading to local pain, rigid tremors, sweating, palpitations, chest tightness and discomfort, shortness of breath, dry mouth, difficulty swallowing, diarrhea, frequent urination, decreased libido, dizziness, numbness, tingling, and fainting.

Anxiety disorder as a symptom is a problem that doctors of all specialties will encounter. Respiratory doctors will encounter patients who have difficulty breathing but cannot find any problems during examination. The symptoms can be relieved immediately by giving them some comforting medicines. Cardiologists may have a richer understanding of this aspect. Many patients with coronary heart disease will have chief complaints that are inconsistent with the severity of the disease, or patients who come to see a doctor cannot be found to have organic lesions after relevant examinations, but have typical chief complaints of angina pectoris and myocardial infarction.

Ask the patient about his or her family background in detail. Many patients have relatives with coronary heart disease, myocardial infarction, and other heart diseases. Gastroenterologists will encounter patients who come to see them with complaints such as diarrhea and abdominal pain. After various examinations, they will find that there are no related organic diseases, and finally diagnose them with gastrointestinal dysfunction. Frequent urination and urgency without organic cause are also quite common complaints in urology. Therefore, we need to understand the physical symptoms of anxiety disorders and refer patients to the psychology department or to a psychological counselor in a timely manner. This will not only allow patients to be given the correct diagnosis at an early stage, but also greatly reduce the waste of medical resources.