Phobias : Symptoms

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Symptoms could include:
Exposure to the feared object provokes an anxiety reaction; The anxiety and discomfort is out of proportion to the real threat of the feared object; The person may experience excessive sweating, poor motor control, or rapid heart rate; The person ...
Source:ADAM
Date:November 15, 2006
A phobia is an intense but unrealistic fear that can interfere with the ability to socialize, work, or go about everyday life, brought on by an object, event or situation.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Alternative Medicine
A phobia is an intense and unrealistic fear brought on by an object, event, or situation, which can interfere with the ability to socialize, work, or go about everyday life.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Children's Health
A phobia is an intense, unrealistic fear, which can interfere with the ability to socialize, work, or go about everyday life, that is brought on by an object, event or situation.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine
Specific phobia is a type of disorder in which the affected individual displays a marked and enduring fear of specific situations or objects. Individuals with specific phobias experience extreme fear as soon as they encounter a defined situation o...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Mental Disorders
Stress can come from any situation or thought that makes you feel frustrated, angry, or anxious. What is stressful to one person is not necessarily stressful to another. Anxiety is a feeling of apprehension or fear. The source of this uneasiness is not always known or recognized, which can add to the distress you feel.
Source:ADAM
Date:July 27, 2007
Anxiety is a bodily response to a perceived threat or danger. It is triggered by a combination of biochemical changes in the body, the patient ' s personal history and memory, and the social situation.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Alternative Medicine
Anxiety is familiar to everyone due to the many stresses and complexities of modern life.
Source:StayWell
This report features up-to-date information on the signs, causes, and treatments of many common phobias and anxiety disorders.
Source:StayWell
Anxiety is a multisystem response to a perceived threat or danger. It reflects a combination of biochemical changes in the body, the patient ' s personal history and memory, and the social situation.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine
Fears, Phobias, and AnxietyEverybody experiences fear at some time or another. Fear is a powerful emotion that arises in situations that are interpreted as dangerous.
Source:StayWell
Unlike the relatively mild, brief anxiety caused by a stressful event such as a business presentation or a first date, anxiety disorders are chronic, relentless, and can grow progressively worse if not treated.
Source:StayWell
Anxiety is a multisystem response to a perceived threat or danger. It reflects a combination of biochemical changes in the body, the patient's personal history and memory , and the social situation at hand.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Nursing and Allied Health
Anxiety disorders are a group of disorders that can affect adults, adolescents and children. They overwhelm people with chronic feelings of anxiety and fear.
Source:StayWell
This guide is designed to help you learn about anxiety disorders. Knowing more, you may feel more comfortable talking with a health professional about your experience and your symptoms.
Source:StayWell
Anxiety is a condition of persistent and uncontrollable nervousness, stress, and worry that is triggered by anticipation of future events, memories of past events, or ruminations over day-to-day events, both trivial and major, with disproportionate fears of catastrophic consequences. Stimulated by real or imagined dangers, anxiety affects people of all ages and social backgrounds.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Children's Health
A condition of persistent nervousness, stress, and worry that is triggered by anticipation of future events, memories of past events, or ruminations about the self Stimulated by real or imagined dangers, anxiety affects people of all ages and social backgrounds. When it occurs in unrealistic situations or with unusual intensity, it can disrupt everyday life.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Childhood and Adolescence
You may suffer from generalized anxiety disorder if you go through the day worried, tense or anxious about your family, health or work, even when you know there are no signs of trouble.
Source:StayWell
Treating AnxietyAnxiety—feeling frightened, tense, uneasy—is a normal response to a threat. Anxiety can disrupt your life, but it’s nothing to be ashamed of.
Source:StayWell
Discussion of the effect of anxiety disorders on children and how they can be treated.
Source:StayWell
Despite their age, benzodiazepines still provide unique benefits and are unlikely to be entirely superseded by newer medications. Includes a comparison chart of newer and older drugs for insomnia, anxiety, and depression.
Source:StayWell
Anxiety:  Progressive Muscle Relaxation and Guided ImagerySymptom and DescriptionIt is common to feel stress or anxiety when you have cancer. Anxiety can be a vague or uneasy feeling of distress.
Source:StayWell
Separation anxiety is common in children, but most grow out of it. However, in a small percentage of children (and more rarely, in adults) it becomes a disorder. Typical treatment methods include cognitive and behavioral therapy.
Source:StayWell
Understanding Social Phobia (Social Anxiety Disorder)You have to give a presentation next week. Just thinking about it makes your heart race.
Source:StayWell
There is evidence that certain herbs and supplements may be effective in treating certain types of anxiety disorders.
Source:StayWell
Research suggests that for patients who are starting treatment for depression, their type of attachment anxiety should be taken into consideration as a factor in determining the best course of treatment.
Source:StayWell
When I get nervous, I get a tic that affects the left side of my face, including my eye. What can I do about this? Is there anything I can take for it?
Source:StayWell
Detailed information on excessive sweating, including symptoms and treatment
Source:StayWell
A Harvard Medical School physician discusses excessive sweating while eating in diabetics, called diabetic gustatory diaphoresis.
Source:StayWell
My friend has a week-and-a-half old baby, who has been profusely sweating. The baby even became soaked with sweat while lying in his bassinet in only a diaper and socks. What could be the cause of this? Mom has had to give him sugar bottles because of constipation. She is worried the baby could be diabetic, because dad is diabetic.
Source:StayWell
The heart rate, usually measured by checking the arterial pulse or sounds counting the times of the heart beat, is considered one of the vital signs. Vital signs - body temperature, pulse, breathing rate, and blood pressure provide information about the state of health of a person and, if abnormal, offer clues to problems.
Source:HealthLine
Date:September 30, 2007
A Harvard Medical School physician answers your question about rapid heart beat.
Source:StayWell
Studies indicate that almost all children report having fears. Some of the most common fears are of bugs or ghosts, and studies have shown that kids are afraid of pretty much the same things no matter where they live in the world.
Source:StayWell
An aversion to a person, place, activity, event, or object that causes emotional distress and often avoidance behavior. Fear is defined as emotional reaction related to a person, place, activity, event, or object.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Childhood and Adolescence
Fear is an intense aversion to or apprehension of a person, place, activity, event, or object that causes emotional distress and often avoidance behavior. Fears are common in childhood.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Children's Health
Researchers have found a chemical in the brain thay may affect how the mind retains or discards memories of a traumatic event.
Source:StayWell
Researchers have found that the hormone cortisol, produced by the body in response to stress, may in fact have a calming effect on people with certain phobias or performance anxiety.
Source:StayWell
Panic attacks, the hallmark of panic disorder , are discrete episodes of intense anxiety. Panic attacks can also be experienced by people with specific phobia, social phobia , or by people who have used or consumed certain substances, such as cocaine.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Mental Disorders
What Is a Panic Attack?A sudden surge of terror hits out of nowhere.
Source:StayWell
Treating Panic AttacksIf you’re having panic attacks, don’t be afraid to get help. The attacks are real, and the feelings you’re having are not your fault.
Source:StayWell
To aid in the treatment of hypochondria and panic disorder, researchers are focusing in on the study of anxiety sensitivity, or a tendency to exaggerate reactions to anxiety itself.
Source:StayWell
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