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Stress, Anxiety and Depression Diseases of XXI Century
these three terms (stress, anxiety and depression) to ring us all. Currently, are the order of the day and we all known someone close who suffers or has suffered, and certainly we throughout our lives suffer any of them.
Anxiety
It may seem paradoxical that at present the most advanced countries, we have more and better than ever, a comprehensive health care, a good life and yet, every time we suffer more of these diseases and disorders. On the contrary, its impact on less developed countries is much lower. All this could explain, because our current lifestyle in cities and more developed countries is not the most suitable for the existence of a number of causes that affect our health: the rapid pace that takes in the cities, pollution, poor eating habits, sedentary lifestyle, crowds of people and vehicles, … are factors that greatly in the presence of these disorders. In fact, in countries like the United States the prevalence exceeds 25% already, which can help us get an idea of its importance.
In fact, according to World Health Organization, these diseases and conditions now account for 12% of all diseases, so they are known now as the diseases and disorders of the twenty-first century, and can be very limiting sufferer.
Despite these facts, yet we often confuse between them and often not even who the sufferer is treated, which is a very serious problem for the individual, ranging from benign disorders to high degrees of severity that may reduce quality the sufferer’s life dramatically. In fact, according to WHO, between 35 and 50% of people who have one of these disorders are undiagnosed and untreated?
Depression
Understand that due to advances in medicine, specifically in the field of psychiatry and psychology, these diseases can be treated effectively allowing a complete or very large improvement in the patient. So the main advice to be given is that if you feel bad or think you may be affected by any of these conditions, you have to go without any fear of medical specialist who knows diagnose your problem and help you feel much better.
It is essential to distinguish a bit between stress, anxiety and depression, as they often do not have clearly defined the differences and symptoms often appear.
Stress is always present in our lives. In fact, in small measure is even good as no longer a body’s defense mechanism against external threats. The problem comes when this feeling is general, being constantly on alert is the time to begin to be careful because there you can begin to lead to health problems: headaches, stomachaches, muscle aches, nervousness, poor memory and concentration …
stress
The person who senses that you have a constant stress in their daily lives have to learn to do breathing exercises and relaxation to help you overcome those moments that you create so much tension, it has also shown that chewing gum helps a lot to reduce that stress and above all, to see a specialist who can help us and give guidelines to control it.
It is very important to be controlled because they say that stress is the first step towards anxiety.
The anxiety we feel everyone at some point in our lives, but episodes are usually temporary and is related to joy, sadness, fear … When a person observes that it is no longer being but becomes general when to start believing that you can suffer an anxiety disorder. The person who has suffered continual fear, to experience something, something happens, that does not control your life … which leads to a significant degree of desperation. Furthermore, as is taking over the person begins to register an almost endless list of symptoms: rapid heartbeat, shortness of breath, tremors in the limbs, feeling of loss of control or knowledge, sweating, muscle stiffness, muscle weakness, insomnia, digestive … that may further worsen the health of the individual.
Not only is there an anxiety disorder, but there are plenty: generalized anxiety disorder, phobias, obsessive-compulsive disorder, panic disorder, agoraphobia … It is necessary to take away the fear and go to the specialist, to determine our type and degree of anxiety and get us to improve thanks to personalized treatments.
Depression is an illness, such as any other, and to define psychiatry as a mood disorder and common symptom is a state of depression and unhappiness that can be transient or permanent. There are different degrees in the classification of the various states of depression that vary in their impact on the patient, from minor to others who can to come to greatly affect the health and life of one who suffers.
Therefore, and in conclusion, we note that the three disorders are increasing impact, and it is essential always go to the doctor because they are diseases and disorders can be treated and overcome to achieve that. It is important to know, accept if you suffer and know that this situation will improve with the help of a doctor.