What physical symptoms can anxiety cause?

Anxiety is an adverse emotional experience that may cause functional disorders or uncomfortable symptoms in some organs of the body, such as the brain. The most common uncomfortable symptoms are dizziness and headache. In addition to corresponding physical symptoms, severe cases may also cause mental illness and affect normal social functions.

So, what physical symptoms does anxiety cause?

brain symptoms

Some patients may experience tension dizziness, headaches, migraines, and difficulty concentrating.； Sensitive to external stimuli, prone to startle reactions, often feeling uneasy, nervous, etc. ； It may also be accompanied by symptoms such as difficulty falling asleep, insomnia, easy awakening, and easy dreaming.

Cardiopulmonary symptoms

Dyspnea is one of the more prominent physical symptoms caused by anxiety. Patients usually feel inadequate in inhalation, have obvious tachycardia or shortness of breath, and may also feel chest tightness, shortness of breath, and difficulty breathing. Some patients may even feel suffocated.

oral symptoms

Some patients will feel dry, tasteless mouth, difficulty swallowing, and sometimes feel like there is something in their throat that they cannot cough up or swallow.

gastrointestinal symptoms

Patients may experience symptoms such as stomach upset, nausea, vomiting, regurgitation, bloating, abdominal pain, indigestion, constipation, or diarrhea.

skin symptoms

The skin may become flushed, sweaty, or pale.

muscle symptoms

The more common symptoms are muscle tension, such as uncomfortable tension in one or more groups of muscles. In severe cases, muscle soreness and stiffness may occur in the muscles of the chest, neck, shoulders and back.； Some patients may also rub their hands and feet, be unable to sit still, keep walking back and forth, and increase their aimless movements, etc. ； In severe cases, limb shaking, twitching, and even trembling voice may occur.

autonomic symptoms

Palpitations, sudden coldness and heat all over the body, hot flashes and sweating in the palms and soles of the feet； The complexion becomes red or white, and in an acute attack, it may cause profuse sweating. It is very similar to coronary heart disease and requires differential diagnosis.

Other symptoms

Some male patients may experience urinary urgency, frequent urination, impotence, premature ejaculation, erectile dysfunction, low sexual desire, etc., while female patients may experience physical symptoms such as irregular menstruation, dysmenorrhea, and lack of sexual desire.

If you find that you have the above anxiety symptoms, please go to a regular psychiatric hospital for treatment in time to avoid delaying the best treatment period for your condition!