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Panic attack: Introduction
A panic attack is a sudden episode of unreasoning fear or panic. Many attacks cause such severe physical symptoms that people go to the emergency room thinking that they are dying or having a heart attack. A single panic attack does not necessarily warrant the diagnosis of panic disorder. Panic attacks can also occur in other anxiety disorders such as phobias, in which case the diagnosis is probably not panic disorder.
A panic attack feels very severe with both physical and mental symptoms. Thought descriptions include feeling you're "losing control", "going crazy", "losing my mind", or "going to die". Physical symptoms include chest pain, sweating, breathlessness, faintness/dizziness and various other symptoms. Despite its severity, you cannot die, lose control or go crazy from a panic attack (unless you already have some other underlying disorder or medical condition).
Symptoms of Panic attack
- Inexplicable fear symptoms:
- General descriptions of how a panic attack feels (or common thoughts during a panic attack):
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See full list of 58 symptoms of Panic attack
Home Diagnostic Testing
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Panic attack: Complications
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Medical Textbooks Online about Panic attack
- "Differential Diagnosis in Primary Care" (2007)
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- "The 10-Minute Diagnosis Manual: Symptoms and Signs in the Time-Limited Encounter" (2000)
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- "The 10-Minute Diagnosis Manual: Symptoms and Signs in the Time-Limited Encounter" (2000)
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- "The 10-Minute Diagnosis Manual: Symptoms and Signs in the Time-Limited Encounter" (2000)
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- "Alarming Signs and Symptoms: Lippincott Manual of Nursing Practice Series" (2007)
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- "Alarming Signs and Symptoms: Lippincott Manual of Nursing Practice Series" (2007)
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- "Differential Diagnosis in Primary Care" (2007)
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Book excerpts: Copyright © 2008 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. All rights reserved.
Wrongly Diagnosed with Panic attack?
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Panic attack: Self Assessment Tools
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Panic attack: Medical Mistakes
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Panic attack: Undiagnosed Conditions
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Misdiagnosis and Panic attack
Common asymptomatic heart disorder can cause anxiety-like conditions: Anxiety symptoms may be due to heart disorder - There is a reasonably common heart disorder called Mitral Valve...read more »
Rare cancer hidden cause of panic symptoms: The rare cancer pheochromocytoma, an adrenal tumor, can initially have symptoms similar to panic disorder. Its...read more »
Thyroid disorder misdiagnosed as anxiety disorder: The book "A Dose of Sanity" reports on a case where as woman was diagnosed with panic disorder, and had been taking a variety of anti-anxiety...read more »
Undiagnosed stroke leads to misdiagnosed aphasia: BBC News UK reported on a man who had been institutionalized and treated for mental illness because he suffered from...read more »
Heart attack can be over-diagnosed: Although heart attack is often undiagnosed, leading to fatality, it can also be over-diagnosed. People become...read more »
Dementia may be a drug interaction: A common scenario in aged care is for a patient to show mental decline to dementia. Whereas this can, of course, occur due to various medical conditions, such as a stroke or...read more »
ADHD under-diagnosed in adults: Although the over-diagnoses of ADHD in children is a well-known controversy, the reverse side related to adults. Some adults can...read more »
Bipolar disorder misdiagosed as various conditions by primary physicians: Bipolar disorder (manic-depressive disorder) often fails to be diagnosed correctly by primary care physicians...read more »
Eating disorders under-diagnosed in men: The typical patient with an eating disorder is female. The result is that men with eating disorders often fail to be diagnosed or have a delayed diagnosis. See misdiagnosis of eating disorders or ...read more »
Depression undiagnosed in teenagers: Serious bouts of depression can be undiagnosed in teenagers. The "normal" moodiness of teenagers can cause...read more »
Undiagnosed anxiety disorders related to depression: Patients with depression (see symptoms of depression) may also have undiagnosed anxiety disorders (see ...read more »
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Hospitals & Clinics: Panic attack
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Choosing the Best Hospital: More general information, not necessarily in relation to Panic attack, on hospital performance and surgical care quality:
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- Hospital Quality and Clinical Excellence Study (2009)
Panic attack: Rare Types
Rare types of diseases and disorders in related medical categories:
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Causes of Panic attack
- Panic disorder
- Panic disorder with agoraphobia (type of Panic disorder)
- Panic disorder without agoraphobia (type of Panic disorder)
- Substance-induced anxiety disorder (type of Depression)
- Anxiety disorders (type of Neurosis) - certain other types of anxiety disorders can lead to panic attacks:
- more causes...»
See full list of 25 causes of Panic attack
More information about causes of Panic attack:
- Triggers for Panic attack
- Medications, drugs, or substances causing Panic attack (12 listings)
- Underlying causes of Panic attack
- Panic attack as a complication caused by other conditions
- Panic attack as a symptom
- Medical news summaries relating to Causes of Panic attack
- Cause statistics for Panic attack
Latest Treatments for Panic attack
- Limit caffeine intake
- Avoid alcohol
- Benzodiazepines
- Escitalopram
- Paroxetine
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See full list of 13 latest treatments for Panic attack
News Archives for Panic attack
Medical news articles related to Panic attack include:
- Study Challenges Link Between Panic Attacks, PTSD
- Panic Attacks May Hike Heart Disease Risk in Women
- 9/11 Attacks Changed Way Americans Dream
- more health news...»
Source: HealthDay News
Evidence Based Medicine Research for Panic attack
Medical research articles related to Panic attack include:
- Combined psychotherapy plus benzodiazepines for panic disorder
- Treating comorbid panic disorder in veterans with posttraumatic stress disorder
- Phobias
- Can calcium channel blockers be used to treat panic symptoms in patients with asthma? If not, what are the alternatives?
- Panic attacks
- more research...»
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Statistics for Panic attack
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Panic attack: Broader Related Topics
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Definitions of Panic attack:
Specific psychological phenomenon characterized by sudden onset of anxiety (often unrelated to objective events), accompanied by autonomic symptoms such as tachycardia, paresthesia, flushing, and sweating. - (Source - Diseases Database)
A sudden attack of fear - (Source - WordNet 2.1)
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- External links relating to Panic attack
- ANXIETY (Algorithmic Diagnosis of Symptoms and Signs)
- CHEST PAIN (Algorithmic Diagnosis of Symptoms and Signs)
- DROP ATTACKS (Algorithmic Diagnosis of Symptoms and Signs)
- Anxiety (In a Page: Signs and Symptoms)
- Chest Pain (In a Page: Signs and Symptoms)
- Chest Pain (In A Page: Pediatric Signs and Symptoms)
- CHEST PAIN (Differential Diagnosis in Primary Care)
- DEPRESSION, ANXIETY, AND OTHER ABNORMAL PSYCHIC STATES (Differential Diagnosis in Primary Care)
- DROP ATTACKS (Differential Diagnosis in Primary Care)
- Agitation (Handbook of Signs & Symptoms (Third Edition))
- Anxiety (Handbook of Signs & Symptoms (Third Edition))
- Chest pain (Handbook of Signs & Symptoms (Third Edition))
- Skin, clammy (Handbook of Signs & Symptoms (Third Edition))
- Chest Pain (A Pocket Manual of Differential Diagnosis)
- Generalized anxiety disorder (Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition))
- Panic disorder (Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition))
- Agitation (Professional Guide to Signs & Symptoms (Fifth Edition))
- Anxiety (Professional Guide to Signs & Symptoms (Fifth Edition))
- Chest pain (Professional Guide to Signs & Symptoms (Fifth Edition))
- Skin, clammy (Professional Guide to Signs & Symptoms (Fifth Edition))
- Anxiety (The 10-Minute Diagnosis Manual: Symptoms and Signs in the Time-Limited Encounter)
- Chest Pain, Atypical (The 10-Minute Diagnosis Manual: Symptoms and Signs in the Time-Limited Encounter)
- Chest Pain, Substernal (The 10-Minute Diagnosis Manual: Symptoms and Signs in the Time-Limited Encounter)
- Anxiety (Field Guide to Bedside Diagnosis)
- Acute Nonpleuritic Chest Pain (Field Guide to Bedside Diagnosis)
- Pleuritic Chest Pain (Field Guide to Bedside Diagnosis)
- Anxiety disorder, generalized (Handbook of Diseases)
- Panic disorder (Handbook of Diseases)
- Chest pain (Alarming Signs and Symptoms: Lippincott Manual of Nursing Practice Series)
- Skin, clammy (Alarming Signs and Symptoms: Lippincott Manual of Nursing Practice Series)
- Agitation (Signs & Symptoms: A 2-in-1 Reference for Nurses)
- Anxiety (Signs & Symptoms: A 2-in-1 Reference for Nurses)
- Chest pain (Signs & Symptoms: A 2-in-1 Reference for Nurses)
- Skin, clammy (Signs & Symptoms: A 2-in-1 Reference for Nurses)
- Chest Pain (The Diagnostic Approach to Symptoms and Signs in Pediatrics)
- Agitation (Nursing: Interpreting Signs and Symptoms)
- Anxiety (Nursing: Interpreting Signs and Symptoms)
- Chest pain (Nursing: Interpreting Signs and Symptoms)
- Skin, clammy (Nursing: Interpreting Signs and Symptoms)
- CHEST PAIN (Differential Diagnosis in Primary Care)
- DEPRESSION, ANXIETY, AND OTHER ABNORMAL PSYCHIC STATES (Differential Diagnosis in Primary Care)
- DROP ATTACKS (Differential Diagnosis in Primary Care)
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