{"id":2339,"date":"2022-03-08T13:29:41","date_gmt":"2022-03-08T10:29:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/krmedical.com.ua\/?p=2339"},"modified":"2022-03-08T13:29:41","modified_gmt":"2022-03-08T10:29:41","slug":"panichni-ataki-shho-cze-take-i-shho-robiti","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/krmedical.com.ua\/en\/panichni-ataki-shho-cze-take-i-shho-robiti\/","title":{"rendered":"Panic attacks: what is it and what to do"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"bbc-19j92fr e57qer20\" dir=\"ltr\">\n<p class=\"bbc-ph03xj e1cc2ql70\" dir=\"ltr\">A panic attack is a sudden attack of intense fear that causes serious physical reactions when there is no real danger or apparent cause. Panic attacks can be very frightening. When they happen, a person feels like they are losing control, going crazy or might die. Outwardly, it often looks like a heart attack.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"bbc-19j92fr e57qer20\" dir=\"ltr\">\n<p class=\"bbc-ph03xj e1cc2ql70\" dir=\"ltr\">Panic attacks usually start suddenly, without warning. They can come at any time - while driving a car, in a shopping mall, while sleeping or in a business meeting. Panic attacks have many variations, but symptoms usually peak within a few minutes.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>Panic attacks usually have some of these signs or symptoms:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>a sense of death or impending danger<\/li>\n<li>fear of loss of control or fear of death<\/li>\n<li>a sense of unreality or alienation<\/li>\n<li>fast, rapid heart rate<\/li>\n<li>shivering, chills, trembling limbs<\/li>\n<li>sweating<\/li>\n<li>shortness of breath or lump in the throat<\/li>\n<li>fever<\/li>\n<li>nausea<\/li>\n<li>abdominal cramps<\/li>\n<li>chest pain<\/li>\n<li>headache<\/li>\n<li>dizziness, dizziness, weakness<\/li>\n<li>numbness or tingling<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><strong>What to do if you have a panic attack?<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>A panic attack can happen suddenly and happen to a person at the workplace, in public transport, etc.<\/p>\n<p>To overcome a panic attack, doctors advise an exercise\u00a0<strong>\"Breathing on 5\":<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>take a breath on the count of 5;<\/li>\n<li>hold your breath for 5 seconds;<\/li>\n<li>exhale to the count of 5;<\/li>\n<li>repeat 5-8 times.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The next exercise, which\u00a0<strong>can help a person calm down\u00a0<\/strong>-\u00a0<strong>breathe<\/strong><strong>\u00a0in a paper bag<\/strong>.<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>If you already know that you may have a panic attack, it makes sense to carry it with you.<\/p>\n<p>You may have seen it done while watching American movies. The idea is that during a panic attack, our body becomes oversaturated with oxygen and breathing into a bag can help reduce the oxygen concentration and calm the symptoms of the attack.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Also useful\u00a0<\/strong><strong>equipment<\/strong><strong>\u00a0\"Here and now\"<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>These are techniques that help a person in a state of strong but unreasonable anxiety to return to reality.<\/p>\n<p>For example:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>touch three objects, feel their shape, texture and temperature;<\/li>\n<li>look at 5 random objects and think about each one separately;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A panic attack is a sudden onset of intense fear that causes severe physical reactions when there is no real danger or apparent cause. Panic attacks can be very frightening. When they happen, a person feels like they are losing control, going crazy, or might die. It often looks like a heart attack. Panic attacks usually start suddenly, without warning. 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