Neurotic disorder?

"It's hell," he says. Paula When referring to the disorder that has suffered for years: hypochondria . A disorder neurotic whose symptom are real .

 

When I notice a sensation or some strange symptom in my body, the idea appears that I have an incurable disease. In no other circumstance have I felt the fear and the sadness that provoke these thoughts, "he says Paula .

Enrique Camarena Robles , a psychiatrist Mexican Institute of Social Security (IMSS) Y Esau Fabián González Trueba cardiologist Hospital Juarez de Mexico , agree that the hypochondria is a health problem that should be treated with seriousness .

 

Neurotic disorder?

Camarena Robles explains that the updated term for the hypochondria is hypochondriacal neurosis .

The World Health Organization classifies it as neurotic disorder whose essential component is related to high levels of anxiety , sometimes accompanied by pictures depressive .

 

It is a condition that must be addressed, because it can be debilitating, incapacitating and with high economic costs, "he says. Camarena Robles .

It is necessary to understand that the patient hypochondriac He does not pretend his symptoms, he feels them, but he exaggerates and magnifies them. For example, if there is a headache he thinks he has a brain tumor.

In patients hypochondriacs there are asymptomatic periods and their crises can be triggered by stress In addition, it is common that there is also a genetic predisposition to this condition.

 

Discard to diagnose

González Trueba notes that the first step in diagnosing hypochondria is to rule out any structural condition and add:

 

If a patient arrives with pain or discomfort, it is necessary to believe him, make the clinical evaluation and the pertinent studies. If there is no physical problem in the assessment and he insists that he is sick, he will have to be recommended to a query psychiatric , where you will receive the treatment you need. "

The hypochondriacal neurosis it is a disease that must be taken care of by the psychiatrist because the integral treatment of any mental disorder has two components: the psychotherapeutic and pharmacotherapy says the cardiologist Esau Camarena Robles .

He adds that the forecast is very good with the appropriate protocol. The medications we use are very noble, but they must be prescribed and managed by a specialist. If there is constancy in the therapies, the problem is overcome.

Experts agree that the patient with hypochondriacal neurosis you must limit your access to information on health issues, to avoid the adjudication of diseases that only a doctor can diagnose.

A very good news is that this condition can be control and the collaboration of people close to the affected person is basic. We must remember at all times: He does not need criticism or ridicule, because when he expresses his fears he does so from the despair and looking for support for .


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