What symptom is hypochondriac?

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What is hypochondriasis? Hypochondriasis, also known as hypochondriac neurosis, is a kind of psychological disease. It mainly refers to that the patients worry or believe that they have one or more serious physical diseases. The patients complain of physical symptoms and seek medical treatment repeatedly. Although the negative results of repeated medical examination and the medical explanation given by the doctors can not dispel the patients' worries, often accompanied by 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. A long period of doubt about one's body will affect the law of normal life.

What symptom is hypochondriac?

1. Psychotherapy: mainly supportive psychotherapy. At the beginning, we should listen to patients patiently and carefully, let them show all kinds of examination results, and take a sympathetic and caring attitude. Establish a good relationship with patients, guide patients to understand the nature of the disease is not a physical disease, but a psychological disorder on the basis of patients' trust in doctors.

Drug therapy drug therapy is mainly for patients with depression, anxiety and other emotional symptoms, can use anti anxiety and antidepressant drugs, such as selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors, benzodiazepines and so on. For those cases that are really difficult to treat, atypical antipsychotics such as quetiapine and risperidone can be used to improve the curative effect.

Interfere with normal life. After suffering from hypochondriasis, patients always stay at home and worry about their "illness". They are not interested in daily activities such as diet, daily life and housework.

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Destroy family harmony. Hypochondriac patients suspect that they have "serious illness" because of some slight physical discomfort. They are already anxious and irritable. Because scientific instruments can not detect these "heart disease" symptoms, the incomprehension of their family members often makes the patients very disappointed, depressed and angry.