Do you know what harm will depression bring? According to statistics from the World Health Organization, there are more than 300 million patients with depression in the world, and there is an upward trend. The incidence of depression in my country is also high and it is also showing a younger age. Many friends don’t know about this because the symptoms of depression are not very obvious, so many people ignore their condition. Here I would like to remind everyone to pay attention to the harm caused by depression to the body and never ignore it!
1. Sleep disorder
Sleep disorder is one of the most common manifestations of depression. About half of the patients with depression have symptoms of insomnia, mainly due to early awakening. Some patients fall asleep during the day, but find it difficult to fall asleep at night. Some patients are also prone to nightmares, and severe sleep disorders may even show symptoms such as early awakening, shutting up, drinking less water or sweating.
2. Loss of appetite
Patients with depression often suffer from loss of appetite. Patients often complain about anorexia, and even cause malnutrition due to loss of appetite. Loss of appetite and dietary loss can be said to be a typical symptom of depression patients, and in severe cases can lead to malnutrition. So when you find that you have such symptoms, you should undergo psychological treatment in time. If you already have obvious symptoms of depression, you can also consider drug treatment.
3. Physical symptoms
1. Insomnia: It is mostly difficult to fall asleep or wake up early, and shortening sleep time is a common symptom of depression.
2. Loss of appetite: decreased or hyperactive appetite, weight loss.
3. Feeling of fatigue: The patient often feels weak all over the body, but the limbs are more normal.
4, gastrointestinal disorder : such as diarrhea, constipation, abdominal distension and abdominal pain, as well as physical symptoms such as nausea and vomiting, palpitations, chest tightness and .
4. Cause hallucinations, delusions, and in severe cases, suicide behaviors may occur
Hallucinations are also the most common symptom of depression patients. Patients often feel some non-real sounds appearing in their ears, such as birds singing, train passing by, etc. There may also be some non-realistic scenes in the hallucination, such as sitting in a car or on a train, seeing many things driving rapidly around you. Delusion mainly refers to the development of an unrealistic belief in some things that do not exist or cannot exist, such as feeling that some things are impossible to happen, or thinking that everything is false, etc.
The above is about what harm depression brings to the body, and I hope it can help friends. In addition, you should also learn more about depression and be vigilant.
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