Every person periodically meets with various diseases that force him to go to the doctor and take medicine.
After recovery, he can return to the usual rhythm of life. However, there are people who pay special attention to their health.
Many of them believe that they suffer from serious diseases that are actually absent.
The presence of such symptoms gives grounds to judge the development of a hypochondriacal neurosis in a person.
General information on the status of
This term is understood to mean the kind of neurosis in which a person turns excessive attention to the state of their health.
In addition, he may have obsessive thoughts about the presence of a serious illness.
Confidence in the development of pathology is most often based on somatic manifestations and physical symptoms that are not signs of impairment.
Even good test results can not convince a person that he is healthy. If the diagnosis is not confirmed, the patient believes that he is hiding the truthful information and turns to another doctor.
He is dominated by the thought of an incurable disease and the fear of death, and therefore constant analysis and examination become the meaning of life.
Often people with this neurosis suffer from some kind of disease, but exaggerate its symptoms.
Many do not take hypochondriacs seriously. However, in reality this is quite a serious violation, because under the influence of constant fear, the vegetative system suffers, having a negative effect on the work of internal organs.
Occupational disease of women and children hysterical neurosis requires immediate intervention by specialists. Serous meningitis in children - in order to facilitate treatment, it is necessary to reveal the first signs of the disease in time. What are the symptoms that indicate this disease?
Causes and Risk Factors of
This disease is more typical of women, but sometimes it is diagnosed in men. Most often the hypochondria develop at the age of 30-40 years, and also can meet at pensioners.
The causes of the development of this disease can be different:
- Increased hypotension and suggestibility. It is enough for a hypochondriac person to hear about the history of a disease from a friend in order to start looking for similar symptoms.
- Migrated in childhood diseases. They forever leave a trace in the human psyche. As a result, he has a fear that the ailment will return or another one will appear.
- Care for related .The appearance of hypochondria in this case is influenced by the characteristics of the character. However, constant monitoring of the sufferings of another person can be the impetus to
development of such a neurosis. - Hereditary predisposition of .If the next of kin has hypochondria, the threat of developing such a neurosis increases significantly.
- Loneliness, lack of permanent employment and excessive passion for medicine .All these factors can also provoke the development of hypochondriacal neurosis.
Variants of the
course Depending on the symptoms that are common in a number of syndromes, there are such types of hypochondriacal neurosis:
- Obsessive hypochondria. It manifests itself in the form of constant fear for your health. Such people are used to analyzing all the processes that occur in their body. A characteristic feature of such a violation is that a person is aware of the excessiveness of his experiences, but can not get rid of frightening thoughts.
- Astheno-hypochondriacal syndrome. This type of disorder is characterized by the patient's conviction that he has a chronic incurable disease. A person can complain of a general malaise, weakness, headaches. Such patients are characterized by excessive impressionability and self-doubt.
- Depressive-hypochondriacal syndrome .In this case, a constant anxiety for the state of their health is supplemented by supervalued hypochondriacal ideas. This violation is practically impossible to correct. Such people always present severe consequences, which can lead to this or that pathology. This syndrome is characterized by a state of depression and depression, suicidal intentions may appear.
- Saint-hypochondriacal syndrome .In this case, there is a prevalence of senestopathic disorders. A person suffering from this disorder is sure that important organs are affected, but during the medical examination no pathologies can be detected. The patient can constantly change doctors in the hope of hearing the correct diagnosis from his point of view.
- Anxiety-hypochondriacal syndrome .This syndrome is a consequence of a nervous system disorder that appears as a result of stressful situations. A person is afraid of contracting an incurable disease and is in a state of chronic stress.
Symptoms of disorder
The main symptoms of hypochondriacal neurosis include the following:
- prolonged disability;
- sensation of weakness;
- lack of desire to engage in household affairs;
- constant sadness;
- feeling oppressed;
- sleep disorders;
- feeling of weakness and malaise;
- increased irritability, aggressiveness;
- refusal of entertainment.
People suffering from this disorder are constantly watching themselves, giving importance to the slightest discomfort or minor pain.
As for physical sensations, such patients are characterized by headaches, discomfort in the heart, nausea, fever, general weakness.
Diagnosis of
In order to make the correct diagnosis, the doctor must listen to the person's complaints and compare them with the data of objective examination and tests.
The patient is usually prescribed urine and blood tests, an electrocardiogram.
These studies allow the specialist to draw a conclusion about the general state of health. If necessary, additional studies can be carried out - ultrasound, radiography, consultation of narrow specialists.
If no pathologies can be identified, a person is referred for counseling to a therapist.
Methods of treatment of
disorder The main goal of treatment for a therapist is to direct a person's perception into a positive direction. As a result of long conversations, the patient comes to the conclusion about the absurdity of his fears.
Treatment of hypochondriac neurosis must necessarily be complex and take into account individual characteristics of a person.
Most often used such methods of psychotherapy:
- analysis of the psychotraumatic situation;
- explanatory work - shows a person the real causes of his illness;
- autologous training - gives good results with increased anxiety of the patient;
- hypnosis - effective at the appearance of obsessive fears;
- psychoanalytic therapy - makes it possible to detect internal conflicts and human complexes.
To improve the effectiveness of treatment, medicines can be used. Usually, the doctor prescribes nootropic drugs, in some cases tranquilizers may be indicated. Also, people need to take vitamin complexes.
Physiotherapy, reflexology and acupuncture sessions are quite useful.
Hypochondriacal neurosis is a rather complex disorder characterized by the appearance of fears of serious illnesses.
People with this ailment are constantly in a state of depression and depression. To cope with this pathology, is very important as soon as possible to turn to the therapist , who will choose effective treatment.
