What are the clinical manifestations of anxiety disorder?
What are the clinical manifestations of anxiety disorder? Patients show anxiety, panic and nervousness, feeling that the worst is about to happen, often fidgeting, insecure, worried all day, upset, and losing interest in external things. In severe cases, people have fear and are prone to panic reaction to external stimuli, often accompanied by sleep disorders and autonomic instability, such as difficulty in falling asleep, nightmares, easy awakening, pale or flushing, easy sweating, cold limbs, numbness of fingers, muscle beating, dizziness, palpitations, chest tightness or suffocation, loss of appetite, dry mouth, abdominal distension and burning sensation, constipation or diarrhea, frequent urination, palpitations, etc. Some patients are anxious about the above physical discomfort. I often ask myself if my pulse is getting faster, my heartbeat has stopped, my breathing is still there, and my skin color has changed, so I am nervous. During the examination, the patient is anxious, his brow is locked, his muscle tension is increased, his reflex is active, and he is often accompanied by restless actions, such as blinking, beating his fingers or beating his hands and feet.
The so-called anxiety hysteria can be seen in some patients with anxiety disorder, and paroxysmal panic attacks may occur, which are manifested as extreme nervousness, palpitation, dyspnea, choking sensation in the throat, cold sweat, trembling all over, dizziness and unstable floating. Patients often think that this is a sense of dying. Different from hysteria, the above anxiety and nervousness still exist during the attack.