Hypochondria in ordinary colloquial sense of the word is considered to be depressed and melancholy attitude.
But in a medical sense, the term "hypochondria" refers to diagnosis. She put those patients who did not let an obsession about the presence in their incurable or very severe illness. This term does not refer to the disease as such, but to the symptom of mental disorders or personality traits.
Causes
Due to the fact that hypochondriasis can be very diverse in its manifestations, and is not a separate mental illness in the full sense of the word, the exact cause of its formation is not revealed. Physiologists believe hypochondriacal manifestations of thought processes such as:
- in violation of the coordinated work of the cerebral cortex,
- distorted perception bark pulses from internal organs,
- the first manifestation of delusional disorders,
- violation between work vegetative part of the nervous system (which is responsible for autonomous operation organs), and bark.
When hypochondria patients and clearly describe the emotional symptoms of various diseases (cancer, severe kidney disease, hepatic or untreatable infections), but in fact they are not detected.
Who is most susceptible
Hypochondria is characterized by emotional person, easily suggestible and susceptible to the influence of the media.
Basically hypochondriacs occur among the elderly, although there may be young people, their psychological condition is still unstable, and they can easily absorb the negative and unnecessary information.
With hypochondriacs familiar all doctors clinics and hospitals, they are different survey years.
Equally affected both women and men. Separately hypochondria stands in young people associated with medicine. Typically, a number of students of medical students "experienced by" virtually all diseases of the textbooks.
Hypochondriacs well-read, they look all the medical programs, read all the medical site.
Many complaints of patients, of course, exaggerated and excessive, but hypochondria symptoms such people by themselves can not be controlled (and this is the key difference from hypochondria hypochondria and anxiety for ordinary health).
The disease is more susceptible patients:
- psychoses with different shapes,
- in the presence of various neuroses,
- in the presence of delusions,
- the elderly, do not take your age,
- in people with problems in communication or sex life (they are looking at the health problems).
Contributes to the development of hypochondria accessibility of medical information, the screen displays a sensational transmission of new diseases hype drugs.
The symptoms of hypochondria
Hidden hypochondriac in different periods of life can occur in any person at all there are times when it seems that the body is faltering. But, true hypochondriacs it becomes painful obsession.
There are three conventional forms of the disease:
- obsession,
- overvalued,
- delusional.
People with obsessive type can be described like this:
- Prone to anxiety and suspiciousness.
- Often they experience anxiety and fear for their health.
- Constantly analyze all processes in the body (and normally I go to the toilet; and it is then pricked; Oh, my head hurts - probably cancer there!).
- If no symptoms can be detected, are beginning to listen to yourself, feel yourself and panic (ooh even ceased to ache, probably - this is the end!).
Attack of hypochondria may be viewing ads medical, doctor of ambiguous phrases.
When overvalued form manifestations are similar, but there are very specific behavioral and psychological reactions:
Patients acute and emotionally react to any signs of physical discomfort or defect. Even light health problems like colds, are regarded as very serious.
Man is making tremendous efforts to achieve perfect health, uses a variety of diets, quenched, taking a lot of medication, vitamins or dietary supplements. Such people often feel that they are treated properly or do not want to treat from the "existing illness", often instigate litigation with clinics and doctors.
This type hypochondria may signal impending schizophrenia or psychopathy.
The most serious form of hypochondria - a crazy, if it can be:
- Confidence in the presence of disease is incurable.
- Attempts dissuasion interpreted as "to me even doctors have a cross."
- Frequent suicide attempts.
- There are all sorts of delusions and hallucinations, depression.
This kind of hypochondria usually requires immediate treatment.
Diagnostics
Initially, it is necessary to eliminate the real health problems.
It carried out a standard set of studies: blood and urine, feces, ultrasound of internal organs, more research on the basis of complaints.
If we exclude all the problems in the health status at the conclusion of the therapist and specialists and the patient It is showing signs of hypochondria - you must appeal to a psychiatrist or psychotherapist (in the lungs cases).
But usually do not help treat patients themselves and their relatives or friends.
treatment of hypochondria
Hypochondriacs deal with psychotherapists and psychiatrists. hypochondria treatment is determined by its views.
In addition, a correction of disorders in the cerebral cortex and the establishment of true physiological connections between the cortex and the autonomic division of the nervous system. treatment foundation is working with a therapist, and family support and friends.
When neurotic disorders are the mainstay of treatment tranquilizers or antipsychotic remover manifestations neurosis.
When hypochondria depressive nature must antidepressants (sertraline 50-100 mg / day, trazodone 150-300 mg / day amitriptyline or 150-300 mg / day; diazepam 5-15 mg / day).
When compulsive states - clomipramine 50-100 mg / day of fluoxetine, or 20-80 mg / day.
If it is a manifestation of schizophrenia - must be treated with powerful antipsychotic drugs. It is possible in a hospital room. The entire process is monitored by a psychiatrist.
The use of traditional medicine acts on the "placebo" effect, if decoctions and infusions of herbs can help the patient, they will be useful.
But the basic personality traits do not fix it - possible exacerbation. It should avoid viewing advertisements, programs about medicine and read the medical sites.
