{"id":1665,"date":"2018-08-14T09:30:26","date_gmt":"2018-08-14T07:30:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.mediquo.com\/?p=1665"},"modified":"2020-11-04T12:55:25","modified_gmt":"2020-11-04T11:55:25","slug":"panic-attack-causes-symptoms-and-treatment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mediquo.com\/blog\/en\/general-medicine\/panic-attack-causes-symptoms-and-treatment\/","title":{"rendered":"Panic attack: causes, symptoms and treatment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Surely, on more than one occasion you have gone through a situation similar to that of a panic attack, either by very negative thoughts, by internalized fears or even when there is no real danger. The panic is not distinguished by age or sex. The emotion experienced in previous moments bring us thoughts of uncertainty and fears that lead us to lose control of the situation. It is in that precise moment when we begin to <\/span><b>hyperventilate<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, the heart accelerates, our hands tremble and sweat without any control, and we become blocked.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To address this issue, our<\/span><b> doctor Josecarlo Gutierrez<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, general practitioner, recommends that we <\/span><b>know the meaning of panic<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and to know what situations lead us to that state. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Panic attack is a <\/span><b>type of anxiety disorder<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, in which the person has repetitive attacks of intense fear that something bad is going to happen and it is possible that they may think that they may suffer a heart attack. <\/span><b>Unlike anxiety, the panic attack is momentary and can last from minutes to hours, while anxiety persists day after day<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4>What symptoms can it present?<\/h4>\n<p><b>There are several symptoms<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> that may be present in a panic disorder and once detected, we must work on emotions and anxiety:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Chest pain<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Afraid to die<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Imminent death<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Suffocation<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fainting<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sickness<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Palpitations<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tremor<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sweat or hot flashes<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Difficulty breathing <\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tingling in certain areas of the body<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Generally, a panic disorder is <\/span><b>accompanied by other disorders<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, such as <\/span><b>anxiety, agoraphobia, depression<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and \/ or substance abuse problems. According to various studies, 30% or more of people with panic disorders also suffer from depression and must be <\/span><b>under medical supervision<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4>What can I do to control it?<\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When it comes to panic attacks <\/span><b>there are many things you can do to help yourself<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. The first thing is to not be scared of the situation, since this would make your state worse. Once you are conscious, drink water, breathe and if you are in a closed space, go out and get some fresh air. If you have been able to detect negative thoughts, do the exercise of traveling with your mind to a place where you know you can be happy. Call a relative or friend, distract your attention with another topic, listen to music and even perform relaxation exercises and learn to control your breathing.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4>Is there medication to cure me?<\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Medication can be used to temporarily control or reduce some of the symptoms of panic disorder. However, it <\/span><b>does not cure or solve the problem<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. The best treatment that is proven and <\/span><b>most effective is psychotherapy<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Prescription medications used for panic attacks and panic disorder include: <\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Antidepressants<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Benzodiazepines<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Our doctor tells us that <\/span><b>facing the situation requires time and patience<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to redefine attitudes to external fear and thus control it. Stress will lead to anxiety and it is better to control it with good guidelines. If you have seen yourself reflected in this article, consult our doctors to start controlling your mind as soon as possible.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>*Content validated by the mediQuo medical team.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Surely, on more than one occasion you have gone through a situation similar to that of a panic attack, either by very negative thoughts, by internalized fears or even when there is no real danger. The panic is not distinguished by age or sex. The emotion experienced in previous moments bring us thoughts of uncertainty &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediquo.com\/blog\/en\/general-medicine\/panic-attack-causes-symptoms-and-treatment\/\">Continued<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1666,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[906],"tags":[1577,1125,1533,1575,1573],"class_list":["post-1665","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general-medicine","tag-agoraphobia","tag-anxiety","tag-depression","tag-panic","tag-panic-attack"],"lang":"en","translations":{"en":1665,"es":1271},"pll_sync_post":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mediquo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1665","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mediquo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mediquo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mediquo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mediquo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1665"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.mediquo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1665\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1667,"href":"https:\/\/www.mediquo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1665\/revisions\/1667"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mediquo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1666"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mediquo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1665"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mediquo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1665"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mediquo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1665"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}