Anxiety Disorder: Intense, excessive, and persistent worry and fear, accompanied by symptoms such as increased heart rate and sleep difficulties. The incidence is higher in women compared to men, with treatment primarily consisting of medication and psychological therapy.
Anxiety disorder refers to the occurrence of intense, excessive, and persistent worry and fear in everyday situations, which can peak within minutes. These symptoms can interfere with daily activities and are difficult to control. Common types of anxiety disorders include generalized anxiety disorder, panic disorder, social phobia, specific phobias, and separation anxiety disorder.
Health tips from Chengdu Hanfang Hall: So far, the causes of anxiety disorder are complex, and its pathogenesis remains unclear, involving pathological processes on both physical and psychological levels, resulting from the interaction of biological, psychological, and social factors.
The psychological experience and feelings of excessive worry are core symptoms for patients with anxiety disorders. Additionally, symptoms such as tension, unease, uncontrollable worry about impending danger, panic or a sense of doom, rapid heartbeat, accelerated breathing, sweating, trembling, weakness, fatigue, sleep difficulties, and gastrointestinal issues are commonly observed.
Compared to the past, patients showing the following “irrational” manifestations in cognition, emotion, and behavior are identified as potential “anxiety disorder” patients and should seek timely consultation at a hospital’s psychiatric department.
Patients with anxiety disorders often experience significant functional impairments and a decline in quality of life, with symptoms alleviated primarily through psychological therapy and medication, or a combination of both for better effects, but it requires repeated trials to find the most suitable treatment method.
Self-relief among anxiety disorder patients is rare, and may worsen as the disease progresses, impacting normal life and work, but through proper psychological and pharmacological treatment, the prognosis is generally favorable.
Experts from Hanfang Hall remind: It is particularly important to note that patients with poor treatment effects may develop secondary depression.
Due to the complex causes of anxiety disorder, its chronicity, and tendency to relapse, in daily life, in addition to controlling anxiety symptoms with medication, it is also essential to strengthen management of patients’ psychological and lifestyle aspects to improve their quality of life.
When patients experience an anxiety attack, family members should effectively distract the patient’s attention, timely eliminate sources of stimulation, and control any potential occurrences of suicidal or self-harming behavior, closely monitoring the situation and providing dedicated companionship as needed.
Lu Sanming, male, currently practicing at Chengdu Jinniu Hanfang Hall Traditional Chinese Medicine Clinic, Department of Oncology, Associate Chief Physician.
He possesses profound professional knowledge and extensive clinical experience in the field of traditional Chinese medicine. He specializes in treating difficult diseases in Chinese medicine, particularly geriatrics, cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases, diabetes, tumors, and pain-related conditions.
Doctor Lu Sanming inherits the traditional treatment concepts and techniques of traditional Chinese medicine, focusing on the overall health and comprehensive treatment of patients. In the treatment process, he advocates for “correspondence between prescription and symptoms,” combining multiple traditional Chinese medicine treatment methods such as herbal medicine, special formulations, and acupuncture to achieve optimal treatment results.
He specializes in various types of advanced malignant tumors, including lung cancer, gastric cancer, esophageal cancer, liver cancer, nasopharyngeal cancer, bone cancer, oral cancer, throat cancer, intestinal cancer, breast cancer, cervical cancer, lymphoma, bladder cancer, and prostate cancer.
Born into a family of traditional Chinese medicine practitioners, a renowned traditional Chinese doctor in the southwest region, he has been engaged in clinical work for over 40 years in treating malignant tumors with traditional Chinese medicine, possessing an exceedingly rich experience in diagnosis and treatment, particularly in significant diseases such as gastric cancer and chronic gastritis.
