Can anxiety cause numbness in hands?

Mood is very important to our physical health, so we should control our emotions more and not always let ourselves be anxious. If we continue like that for a long time, it will easily make us become anxiety patients. Therefore, we must actively do preventive work in normal times and prevent diseases from finding us. Once we unfortunately suffer from anxiety, it will have a great impact on the patient's physical health. Next, let’s take a look at the harm that anxiety disorder can cause to patients.

Anxiety disorder can cause a variety of symptoms, such as frequent urination, sweaty hands, numb hands, back pain, etc. These are all common manifestations of anxiety disorder. Especially when the anxiety disorder is more serious, the patient will experience inexplicable physical pain. Therefore, if you have anxiety disorder, you must receive regular treatment in a timely manner, through drug therapy, psychotherapy, and psychological counseling, so as to achieve good therapeutic effects.

What harm does anxiety disorder cause to patients?

1. It can cause insomnia.

Anxious people and those who experience many stressful events in their lives are more likely to suffer from insomnia. Stress and anxiety can cause sleep problems for more than just one or two nights. Anxiety may lead to long-term sleep problems, a new study suggests. Researchers found that anxiety-related sleep deprivation can last up to six months.

2. It will affect the child’s height.

This is the danger of children suffering from anxiety disorders for a long time. Psychological factors will affect the normal development of children to a certain extent. Children who are under great psychological pressure, are in a state of anxiety for a long time, and have little care from others will have lower levels of growth hormone secretion, which will affect their physical growth. Parents and society should give children more care, reduce their academic burden, and ensure that children get enough sleep and exercise.

3. Increase mortality rate.

About 25% of men with high stress levels suffer from heart disease. And the mortality rate is 23% higher than normal people. For women, those with high anxiety have a 23% higher mortality rate than normal people. Moreover, about 23% of this group of people suffer from a disease called atrial fibrillation, which can easily cause convulsions and death. It can be seen that the harm of long-term anxiety disorder is very great.

4. It will increase the incidence of cancer.

The factors that cause cancer are very complex, and mental factors play an important role in the occurrence and development of cancer. Modern medicine has discovered that cancer is more common in people who have suffered setbacks and are in a state of long-term anxiety, mental depression, frustration, distress, fear, sadness and other emotional stress. Psychological factors cannot directly cause cancer, but they often affect and reduce the body's immunity in a chronic and continuous manner, thereby increasing the incidence of cancer.

What harm will the occurrence of anxiety disorder cause to patients? The above is an introduction to the harm that the occurrence of anxiety disorder will cause to patients. Experts point out that everyone needs to pay attention to anxiety in life, and must do the corresponding care to avoid suffering from anxiety, so that we can protect ourselves.