Anxiety Disorder: Intense, excessive, and persistent worry and fear, accompanied by symptoms such as increased heart rate and difficulty sleeping. The incidence in women is higher than in men, and treatment mainly involves medication and psychotherapy.
Anxiety disorder refers to the presence of intense, excessive, and persistent worry and fear in everyday situations, which can peak within minutes. These symptoms interfere with daily activities and are difficult to control. Common anxiety disorders include generalized anxiety disorder, panic disorder, social anxiety disorder, specific phobias, and separation anxiety disorder.
Chengdu Hanfang Tang Health Tips: So far, the etiology of anxiety disorders is complex, and the mechanisms of onset are not clearly understood. There exist pathological processes on both physical and mental levels, resulting from a combination of biological, psychological, and social factors.
The psychological experience and feelings of excessive worry are core symptoms of anxiety disorder patients. In addition, symptoms such as tension, restlessness, uncontrollable worries about impending danger, panic, or a sense of doom, along with increased heart rate, rapid breathing, sweating, trembling, weakness, fatigue, sleep difficulties, and gastrointestinal issues may 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 in the psychiatric department of a hospital.
Patients with anxiety disorders often experience significant functional impairment and a decrease in quality of life. Symptoms are primarily alleviated through psychotherapy and medication treatment, or the combination of both can yield better results. However, repeated trials are necessary to find the most suitable treatment method.
Patients with anxiety disorders rarely self-relieve and may even become more serious as the illness progresses, affecting normal life and work. However, with formal psychological and medication treatments, the prognosis is generally favorable.
Experts from Hanfang Tang remind: It is particularly important to note that patients with poor treatment outcomes may develop secondary depression disorders.
Due to the complex etiology of anxiety disorders, prolonged course, and ease of recurrence, it is essential to strengthen the management of patients’ psychological, lifestyle, and other aspects in daily life, in addition to controlling anxiety symptoms through medication, to improve the patients’ quality of life.
When patients experience an anxiety episode, family members should sufficiently distract the patient’s attention, promptly eliminate the source of stimulation, control potential suicidal or self-harm behaviors in a timely manner, closely observe, and provide special companionship when necessary.
Hou Zhong, Associate Chief Physician, fifth-generation traditional Chinese medicine practitioner, member of the Chinese Medicinal Research Promotion Association, expert at the Sichuan Modern Difficult Disease Research Institute, member of the Traditional Medicine Committee of the Chinese Anti-Cancer Association, and specially invited expert at Chengdu Hanfang Tang Clinic.
He graduated from Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine and has been engaged in clinical practice for over 30 years. Throughout years of clinical work, he has accumulated rich diagnostic and treatment experience. Combining the theories from ancient Chinese medicine texts, he has summarized various differentiation methods such as the Eight Principles, viscera, Qi and blood fluids, and meridians, effectively discovering the essence and key of diseases. He has published more than ten papers, with several included in major publications by national official publishing houses.
He is adept at treating various tumors and cardiovascular diseases with traditional Chinese medicine and continually breaks through the bottlenecks in the field of TCM treatment. He tailors specific treatments based on the type of disease, achieving significant results; he also has notable achievements in treating internal medicine diseases such as cardiovascular diseases, oncology, and nephrology! Particularly in tumor treatment, he uses traditional Chinese medicine diagnostic methods to address mid to late-stage tumors, extending survival time for some patients unable to undergo surgery or chemotherapy, improving their quality of life, and achieving remarkable results in the field of TCM for mid to late-stage tumors, earning the trust and praise of patients.
Specializes in treating tumors: lung cancer, gastric cancer, esophageal cancer, liver cancer, nasopharyngeal cancer, bone cancer, breast cancer, cervical cancer, lymph node cancer, bladder cancer, prostate cancer, thyroid cancer, bile duct cancer, pancreatic cancer, colorectal cancer, and various mid to late-stage malignant tumors; as well as pre-cancerous lesions, pulmonary nodules, thyroid nodules, lymph node nodules, breast nodules, and other types of nodules.
