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What is neurasthenia, what are the main symptoms and manifestations, and what hazards?

You may often hear people say: daily overtime, stay up late, all-nighters to make their neurasthenia. So what is real neurasthenia?

By Tara R RosePublished 3 years ago 3 min read
What is neurasthenia, what are the main symptoms and manifestations, and what hazards?
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Neurosis is a neurological disorder characterized by easy mental excitement and fatigue, common symptoms can be manifested as emotional abnormalities, such as tension, worry, irritability, etc., and physiological disorders, such as muscle tension pain, sleep disorders, etc. Neurosis is mostly seen in the young and middle-aged population, and also in the elderly population, but it is necessary to exclude the possibility of organic diseases in the body first.

So what are the symptoms of neurasthenia?

1、Lack of brain power. Mental lethargy

Patients often feel a lack of energy, depression or mental retardation, unable to concentrate, memory loss, and work efficiency decline.

2、Sensitivity to internal and external stimuli

General activities, such as reading, reading, newspapers, etc. After watching TV and other activities, not only can't relax the nerves and relieve fatigue, but also the spirit is especially excited, can't help imagining, especially before going to bed, should sleep, but can't help recalling and associating old things, and it is difficult to sleep with nervous excitement. In addition, the patient is particularly sensitive to the surrounding sounds and light sources.

3. High mood swings

Patients are easily irritable and lack patience. Patients with neurasthenia, due to weakened internal inhibition, are easily excited when things happen or are stimulated, and thus lack the patience and necessary waiting of normal people.

4、Tension pain

Patients with neurasthenia usually feel a sense of head heaviness, head swelling, pressure in the head, or stiffness in the neck, which is also manifested as lumbar. Muscle pain in the extremities. The level of pain is not significantly related to fatigue and cannot be relieved even by rest.

5、Insomnia and dreaminess

In patients with neurasthenia, due to the reduction of cortical inhibition, the nerves are easily excited, sleep does not easily cause general inhibition diffusion, difficult to fall asleep or not deep enough, easy to wake up, or sleep time is too short, or wake up and difficult to sleep.

What are the hazards of neurasthenia?

The harm of neurasthenia: is simply causes severe pain.

Usually caused by severe emotions, the most common is severe headache. Patients feel heavy, swollen, stuffy, or stiff neck, and some manifest as muscle pain in the back and extremities. There is no obvious link between the level of pain and fatigue, and even rest does not provide relief. The manifestations of pain are often disorganized and can manifest as persistent pain or intermittent pain, and some patients also present with dull or stabbing pains. In general, severe pain in neurasthenia patients is complicated but closely related to severe emotions.

The second danger of neurasthenia: it easily leads to insomnia and dreaminess.

Sleep is one of the best ways for the human brain to rest. Generally speaking, about 1/3 of life is spent in sleep. During sleep, the subcortex of the cerebral cortex is in a state of extensive depression, regulated by specific centers in the brainstem, allowing the brain to be reorganized, reorganized, and restored internally.

The dangers of neurasthenia III: Causes mental and physical disorders.

Patients may experience such as dizziness, lightheadedness, palpitations, chest tightness, shortness of breath, frequent urination, excessive sweating, impotence, premature ejaculation, and menstrual irregularities.

The harm of neurasthenia IV: It is easy to cause other mental diseases.

Anxiety and depression are among the basic symptoms of many neurasthenia patients.

Anxiety may be a secondary symptom of fatigue, memory impairment, and insomnia. Patients often worry or worry too much about real-life problems, and also worry that some unexpected risks may arise in the future.

For patients with neurasthenia, the most important thing is to achieve early detection and treatment, and actively work with medications to regulate the treatment. It is recommended that patients use traditional Chinese medicine, one person, targeted medication treatment, starting from the source, from the root is to solve the problem of neurasthenia.

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