To see a person with a panic attack is terrorizing. It can happen to anyone and everyone and getting educated about the signs and symptoms will be really useful and will help you to prevent it.

Panic attack is experienced by nearly 5% of our nation’s population and it’s so agonizing for these people when they go through this attack. This affects all sects of people and specially teenagers because they do not know the methods properly to handle the stress in their life. This can come all of a sudden without an indication and even the patient might not be aware of it. This can immobilize a person for sometime and your body can naturally handle it without medical attention for sometime.

However, there are symptoms, both physical and psychological, that may require immediate attention from a doctor. The symptoms can develop and cease unexpectedly. The sufferer can experience four or when a person experiences it more of the warning signs listed below.

•    Death fear–The person who has a panic attack feels that his life is going to end but his fear has nothing to do with the situation that he is in now.
 
•    Palpitations –the heart of the patient can pound due to the incontrollable fear that he is feeling.

•    Shortness of Breath. Chest discomfort happens because of this which will result in hyperventilation.

•    Trembling and shaking -    this is caused by the terror and at times, it can even come to the point where the sufferer would be almost paralyzed.Shiver and Tremble –This is because of the fear factor in the patient which may paralyze the patient.

•    Nausea. – This happens because you experience an uneasy feeling in the stomach. This may make the person experience giddiness and later he faints

•    Depersonalization — This is the body’s natural way of reacting and controlling fear.

•    Paresthesias –this is a condition where one would experience tingling sensations or numbness in their bodies.

•    Chills or hot flashes –any of these two may also be experienced by the sufferer. The chills would only aggravate the trembling causing the shaking to be uncontrollable.

The above listed symptoms may or may not occur. A panic attack disturbs the stability of the patient and he loses his ability to express his suffering. There is yet another form of panic attack which is called noctumal.This happens when a person is sleeping and the person experience difficulty to breathe and may wake up with a jerk and get scared. This attack may last for 10 minutes but the patient really struggles to come out of the fear of the attack even after sometime. Various people have different symptoms.

There are a few things that you can do to prevent experiencing panic attack. People with panic disorders can protect themselves from another episode. Below are some of the things that can help.

•     Medicine and  some food and beverage variety like coffee tea and alcohol should be avoided to minimize the occurrence of attack.

•    Breathing exercises helps you to relax and  it is the best way to handle stress related problems. Doing yoga and aerobic classes also can be a best way to reduce the onset of an attack.

•    Have a healthy life style and have a person who is trust worthy and share all your problems and this will partly solve your issues .Believe that all your worries will come to an end and there is nothing unusual about it.

•    Do some work out with your large muscles and your shoulders while having an attack. This will else you and will stop the attack. Then inform yourself and the people around that you are perfectly alright and will not die.

If the person has other medical conditions like heart problems, you need to take him to a hospital immediately as overworking of the heart may lead to heart attack. Do not attempt to treat it at home as it might compromise the survival of the sufferer.

 

Article by Beth Kaminski of AnxietyDisorderCure. For more information on natural treatments for panic attacks, visit her site today.