Wednesday, 11 May 2011

Think chest pain have a heart attack? Common symptoms of Stress and anxiety

Often times when your body is experiencing intense fear that you may feel symptoms that simulate a heart attack. Symptoms may include hyperventilation, shortness of breath and chest pains these are all common symptoms of stress and anxiety. The American Psychiatric Association States that there must be 4 or more of the following symptoms of stress and anxiety and need occur suddenly, who need to peak over a period of ten minutes of time to be considered a panic attack:


Palpitations, irregular heartbeat, you can hear the heart beating in the throat, neck or chest. My heart beats very fast or irregularly.


Shortness of breath, where it feels like you can't get enough air into your lungs, which resembles the feeling being held underwater in a swimming pool, breathing can become faster or breathing can only be worked.


Agitation, if it is not associated with any other condition, like diabetes or Parkinson's disease, rattling may be a sign of anxiety and stress.


Dizziness, feeling weak or light headed no other medical problems or symptoms is usually tied to anxiety.


Difficulty swallowing, or the feeling of how the food will not go down the throat, or who is sitting in your chest.


Changes in body temperature, you start to sweat and feel very warm and wire or you are just the opposite, feels very cold.


Nausea, you feel like you need to vomiting, stomach turns, you can get some possible chills or shivering like this is happening.


Over time if left a-diagnosed symptoms of anxiety and stress can get a bit more serious, there are there are aches and pains and muscle stiffness. There may be insomnia and nightmares. Depression is a very common symptom found in people who suffer from anxiety and stress as tension is unusual; This can cause decreased sexual desire. Often the woman who suffers from anxiety problems will have a change of the menstrual cycle.


There are many different physical symptoms of anxiety and stress, but what always stands out above all the rest is that feeling like you are having a heart attack. Anxiety chest pain are all different forms of sin can be boring or very sharp. It can be at the center of the chest, one side of your chest or just generally may be around the chest. Anxiety chest pain may extend down the back, shoulder or around his head. May travel up to the bottom of the stomach area. Anxiety chest pain can be a constant pain or it may come and go, chest pain symptoms of stress and anxiety usually only last for a couple of minutes, where the pain from a heart attack last in excess of ten minutes on average.


You can still learn more on www.chestjournal.chestpubs.org  and  www.chestnyc.org for more information.

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