Anxiety disorder: Intense, excessive, and persistent worry and fear, accompanied by symptoms such as increased heart rate and difficulty sleeping. The incidence is higher in women than in men, mainly treated with medication and psychotherapy.
Anxiety disorder refers to intense, excessive, and persistent worry and fear occurring in daily situations, which can peak within minutes. These symptoms can interfere with daily activities and are difficult to control. Common anxiety disorders include generalized anxiety disorder, panic disorder, social phobia, specific phobias, and separation anxiety disorder.
Health tips from Chengdu Hanfangtang: So far, the causes of anxiety disorder are complex, and its pathogenesis is not yet clear, involving pathological processes in both physical and mental aspects, resulting from the comprehensive effects of biological, psychological, and social factors.
The psychological experience and feelings of excessive worry are core symptoms of anxiety disorder patients. Additionally, symptoms like tension, unease, uncontrollable worry about impending danger, panic or doom, increased heart rate, fast breathing, sweating, trembling, weakness, fatigue, sleep difficulties, and gastrointestinal issues frequently occur.
Compared to the past, when patients exhibit the following “irrational” behaviors in cognition, emotion, and behavior, they are identified as potential “anxiety disorder” patients and should seek timely consultation at a hospital’s mental health department.
Anxiety disorder patients often experience significant functional impairment and decreased quality of life. Symptoms are mainly alleviated through psychotherapy and medication, or a combination of both therapies yields better results, but the most suitable treatment method requires repeated trials to find.
It is rare for anxiety disorder patients to alleviate their symptoms on their own; in fact, symptoms may worsen over time, affecting normal life and work. However, through proper psychological and medication treatment, prognosis is generally good.
Experts at Hanfangtang remind: It is especially important to note that patients with poor treatment outcomes may develop secondary depressive disorders.
Due to the complex causes of anxiety disorder, prolonged course, and ease of recurrence, management of the patient’s psychological and lifestyle aspects should be strengthened in daily life, in addition to controlling anxiety symptoms with medication, to improve the patient’s quality of life.
When a patient experiences an anxiety attack, family members should fully divert the patient’s attention, promptly remove them from stimulating sources, control any potential suicidal or self-harming behaviors, closely observe them, and provide dedicated companionship if necessary.
Hou Zhong, Associate Chief Physician, a fifth-generation traditional Chinese medicine family member, member of the Chinese Traditional Medicine Research Promotion Association, expert at Sichuan Modern Research Institute of Difficult Diseases, member of the Traditional Medicine Committee of the China Anti-Cancer Association’s Rehabilitation Association, and a specially invited expert at Chengdu Hanfangtang Traditional Chinese Medicine Clinic.
Graduated from Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, engaged in traditional Chinese medicine clinical work for over 30 years. Over many years of clinical practice, he has accumulated rich diagnostic and treatment experience, while summarizing various differential diagnostic methods based on the theories from ancient TCM texts, including Eight Principles, Zang-Fu organs, Qi and Blood, and Meridians, effectively identifying the nature and crux of diseases. Published over ten papers, several of which were included in major works published by national official publishers.
Skilled in treating various tumors and cardiovascular diseases using traditional Chinese medicine, constantly breaking through the bottlenecks of TCM treatment. Diagnosis and treatment are tailored according to disease types, achieving significant results; he also excels in treating internal diseases such as cardiovascular diseases, oncology, nephrology, etc.! Especially in tumor treatment, utilizing TCM differential diagnosis for mid to late-stage tumors, extending survival time for patients with tumors, and improving the quality of life for some cancer patients who cannot undergo surgery or chemotherapy, receiving much praise from patients.
Specializes in tumors: lung cancer, stomach cancer, esophageal cancer, liver cancer, nasopharyngeal cancer, bone cancer, breast cancer, cervical cancer, lymphoma, bladder cancer, prostate cancer, thyroid cancer, bile duct cancer, pancreatic cancer, colorectal cancer, and various mid to late-stage malignant tumors; as well as precancerous lesions, lung nodules, thyroid nodules, lymph node nodules, breast nodules, and other types of nodules.
