Nov 30, 2009 22:05
Hypochondriasis is the fear that someone has a serious disease even though their doctor has evidence that they don’t have it. This fear is serious and it interferes with work and relationships. It’s like having an obsession with illness and the compulsion to do anxiety. The signs and symptoms people have to watch for including themselves. Also knowing what causes it, which there are many theories to the causes. There are treatments for hypochondrias and taking drug therapies. Next is nutrition and herbs, staying healthy is a plus and also getting a massage for relieving stress.
The signs and symptoms are preoccupation with serious of illness for at least 6 months. The second one is persistent fear of illness despite being told by health care that they are fine. The last one is when a person is going to have difficulty holding her or his job, having relationships, and daily things they do normally in there free time.
Another knows the causes they are have learned apparent benefits of being sick, such as receiving attention. The second is the belief that an illness may be deserved due to a past real or imagined wrongdoing, like god is punishing you. Then it may be related to another disorder psychiatric disorder, like anxiety or obsessive disorder.
Next is the treatments and taking drug therapies they can have group therapy, behavior modification, and cognitive therapy, they all have been reported they work well when they took psychotherapy. Taking drugs like selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) like sertraline, fluoxetine, fluvoxamine, or paroxetine, are sometimes prescribed from your doctor.
Then being healthy, having nutrition, and herbs in your diet and go to a relaxing massage. For nutrition, stop eating all food allergens, also dairy, the wheat, corn, preservatives, and chemical food allegories. Start eating high B-vitamins and iron, like whole grain, dark leafy greens and sea vegetables. Have some fruits, blueberries, tomatoes, cherries, and more vegetables. Don’t drink coffee and other things like alcohol, and tobacco, exercise for 30min daily every 5 days a week. Also doing all this you can also strengthen and tone the body system and taking herbs can help, the dried extracts like a leaf or flowers, you will be told by your doctor to take these extracts. Also some health care providers believe that regular visits to a massage therapist may help reduce symptoms of hypochondrias.
In conclusion, hypochondraisis is serious and it interferes with work and relationships. It’s like having an obsession with illness and the compulsion to do anxiety. The signs and symptoms people have to watch for including themselves. Also knowing what causes it, which there are many theories to the causes. There are treatments for hypochondrias and taking drug therapies. Next is nutrition and herbs, staying healthy is a plus and also getting a massage for relieving stresses.