disease terror

Introduction

Introduction to disease horror Disease horror is a neurosis characterized by a strong fear of certain special diseases, and the cause is unknown. Some patients have timidity, shyness, dependence, and introversion. Some patients have been motivated by inappropriate health education or trauma. basic knowledge The proportion of sickness: 0.0004% - 0.0007% Susceptible people: no specific population Mode of infection: non-infectious Complications: anxiety

Cause

Disease horror

Self-obsessive neurosis (30%):

The pathogenesis is still not very clear. It is generally considered that this disease is self-obsessive neurosis, lack of knowledge in the disease, inappropriate publicity, self-behavioral memory, and mental stimulation. The psychological behavior caused by trauma is abnormal. Neuropsychiatric symptoms.

Trauma (30%):

The cause is unknown. Some patients have timidity, shyness, dependence, introversion, etc. Some patients are exposed to inappropriate health education or trauma. For example, if someone encounters a car accident, they will be afraid of riding.

Genetic factors (15%):

Slater et al. (1977) reported that among the first-degree relatives of patients, 20% of parents and 10% of siblings had neurosis, and genetic factors may be associated with pathogenesis.

Prevention

Disease prevention

The main measures for prevention are to maintain a good mentality, improve psychological quality, master and understand the basic knowledge of related diseases, and avoid cranky thoughts. If you really think about signs of illness, please go to the hospital for examination, pay attention to early detection, early diagnosis and early treatment. To avoid long-term suspicion that you have a certain disease, which leads to psychological problems and causes trauma. Please seek the help of a psychiatrist if necessary.

Complication

Disease hormonal complications Complications

This kind of situation is mainly caused by psychological factors. Long-term psychological and mental depression can lead to trauma: patients are characterized by depression, depression, sadness, loss of life, unwillingness to interact with people, and lack of interest in life. Long-term depression, pessimism, social loneliness, or severe sleep disorders, anxiety, fear, timidity, and even suicidal tendencies.

Symptom

Disease phobia symptoms common symptoms anxiety stinking sweat leprosy syphilis horror acne forced phobia

The horror of skin-related diseases is called dermatophobia. Commonly, there are leprohobia, syhilophobia, scabiophobia, bromidroziphobia, etc. Diseases are often repeatedly considered how the disease can be obtained, there will be great pains, etc., emotional anxiety throughout the day, heavy burden of thought, often repeatedly asking the doctor to make unnecessary examinations or give preventive treatment measures, not to achieve the purpose, entanglement.

Examine

Disease horror check

The disease terror test mainly checks the patient's corresponding terror disease, such as fear of AIDS, need to do AIDS-related antigen-antibody test; syphilis horror, need to do syphilis serum test, genetic diagnosis technology to detect syphilis, syphilis antibody titer related experiments Etc.; leprosy horror, you need to carry out leprosy inspection, leprosy test. These tests confirm that there is no disease, thereby dispelling or reducing the patient's concerns.

Other: X-ray film, ECG, blood, urine test

Diagnosis

Disease phobia diagnosis

The disease is characterized by the suspicion that it has certain diseases. The patient knows that this horror is unreasonable or excessive, but it cannot be controlled. The clinical manifestations are special, so the diagnosis is not difficult. According to clinical manifestations, other diseases can be diagnosed.

The diseases that need to be identified are:

First, anxiety disorders. Anxiety can be without special objects or fears of accidents that may occur in daily life, but without obvious fear and avoidance behavior. Square phobia can coexist with panic attacks; if you are worried about panic attacks and are afraid to go out, you should be diagnosed with panic attacks with square phobia.

Second, OCD. Obsessive symptoms stem from certain thoughts or concepts in the patient's heart, not fear of external things, often forced actions, and few avoidance behaviors.

Third, schizophrenia. There may be short-term horror symptoms, but other mental symptoms exist at the same time and can be identified.

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