Each of us understands the importance of taking care of your health.
Only everything should be in moderation: a new study revealed that excessive anxiety about one's own health increases the risk of heart attack and acute attacks of angina, as reported by the Internet publication for girls and women from 14 to 35 years old Pannochka. net This is reported by the magazine BMJ Open.
Increased anxiety is a known risk factor for cardiovascular disease. American scientists have long proven that people with a high level of anxiety die from heart attacks and strokes about 1.5 times more often than others.
But few researchers and doctors wondered: how does excessive anxiety about health affect this very health? The answer was very interesting.
The hypochondria does not bring to the good!.
Helse Bergen Hospital staff (Norway) analyzed the data of 7,000 people who participated in the Norwegian Hordaland Health Study (HUSK). Participants born between 1953 and 1957 were observed for 12 consecutive years. During this period, 234 people confirmed myocardial infarction or acute attack of angina.
It turned out that the most at risk of heart hypochondriacs, who over and over again go to doctors in search of a non-existent disease and are terribly worried about health.
Excessive anxiety about health increases the risk of coronary events by 73%, even taking into account such factors as cholesterol level, smoking, body weight and t.
The authors noted that the hypochondria in the study often accompanied other psychoemotional problems, so it's not easy to draw definitive conclusions.
Trust your heart.
How to be? We face a serious dilemma. On the one hand, you can reassure a person, reassure him and make him less worried about health.
This should help, but then he can miss the symptoms of this disease.
On the other hand, one could explain to a person that his anxiety about health leads to more serious problems. But such an explanation in general will upset the impressionable personalities, causing them even more anxiety!.
"The results of our study underscore the importance of timely, comprehensive examination and treatment of patients with increased anxiety," - summed up the authors.
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