What symptom is hypochondriasis?
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Hypochondriasis, also known as hypochondriac neurosis, is currently classified as somatoform disorder. It mainly refers to that patients worry or believe that they have one or more serious physical diseases. Patients complain of physical symptoms and seek medical treatment repeatedly. Although repeated medical examination shows that they are negative and the doctor gives no medical explanation for the corresponding diseases, they often have anxiety or depression. The disease usually occurs before the age of 50. It is a chronic fluctuating course, which can occur in both men and women. What symptom is hypochondriasis? Let's talk about it
What symptom is hypochondriasis?
The basic feature of this disease is the persistence of preemptive concept, that they suffer from one or more serious progressive diseases or not yet recognized physical diseases. Patients show excessive concern for their own health and any slight changes in the body, and make hypochondriac explanations inconsistent with the actual health status. Hypochondriac symptoms can be general discomfort, pain or dysfunction of a certain part, or even specific diseases. There are various symptoms, some of which are clearly located and described, such as the experience of liver swelling, gastrointestinal torsion, head congestion, throat blockage, etc., while others experience the discomfort of unclear location and fuzzy nature.
Pain is the most common symptom, in terms of location, to the head, neck, back, chest in the majority. Physical discomfort symptoms may involve different organs, such as nausea, acid reflux, diarrhea, palpitation, chest pain, dyspnea, etc. Some patients are suspected to have abnormal facial features, especially abnormal shape of nose, ears and breasts, and complaints of body odor or sweating. It is often accompanied by anxiety, anxiety, fear and autonomic nerve dysfunction.
The patients could not believe and accept the negative examination results and the doctor's explanation. They still insisted on their hypochondriac concept and went to various hospitals to repeatedly ask for examination and treatment. Most or all of patients' attention is focused on health problems, which obviously affects their daily study, work, life and interpersonal communication.
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Anti anxiety and antidepressant drugs such as selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors and benzodiazepines can be used. For those cases that are really difficult to treat, atypical antipsychotics such as quetiapine and risperidone can be used to improve the curative effect.
