CHECK IT: Could you have Panic Disorder

Description of panic disorder, its symptoms and causes for better understanding of patients about panic disorder:

• Panic disorder is different from the normal fear and anxiety reactions to stressful events. 
• Panic disorder is a serious condition that strikes without reason or warning. 

  

  Research and Study: Panic Disorder

• During a panic attack, the fear response is out of proportion for the situation, which often is not threatening. 
• Over time, a person with panic disorder develops a constant fear of having another panic attack, which can affect daily functioning and general quality of life.
• Panic disorder often occurs along with other serious conditions, such as depression, alcoholism, or drug abuse.

Symptoms of a panic attack, which often last about 10 minutes, include:

• Difficulty breathing
• Pounding heart or chest pain
• Intense feeling of dread
• Sensation of choking or smothering
• Dizziness or feeling faint
• Trembling or shaking
• Sweating
• Nausea or stomachache
• Tingling or numbness in the fingers and toes
• Chills or hot flashes
• A fear that you are losing control or are about to die

Beyond the panic attacks themselves, a key symptom of panic disorder is the persistent fear of having future panic attacks. The fear of these attacks can cause the person to avoid places and situations where an attack has occurred or where they believe an attack may occur.

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 Causes of Panic Disorder?

Although the exact cause of panic disorder is not fully understood, studies have shown that a combination of factors, including biological and environmental, may be involved. These factors include.

1. Family history
2. Abnormalities in the brain
3. Substance abuse. 
4. Major life stress

Conclusion:

Panic disorder is constant fear of having panic attack symptoms with that people usually avoid places or situation in order to avoid having panic attack and in this way their disorder symptoms get worse due to continuous avoidance of places.