A psychiatry consultant reveals the truth about Amr Warda’s illness.. Know the symptoms

Written by Fatima Yasser

Friday, November 17, 2023 01:12 PM

He declared Amr Warda The former Egyptian national team player and current Pharco player, about his exposure to mental illness and his hospitalization due to severe panic attacks, during which he made a phone call to one of the programmes.

Regarding this, Dr. Mohamed Ibrahim, consultant psychiatrist at Kasr Al-Aini Faculty of Medicine, confirmed that having a panic attack is the result of feeling fear, or sudden feelings, and is considered an anxiety disorder, which occurs without warning.

Symptoms of panic attacks

The psychiatry consultant added that when people suffer from panic attacks, they suffer and are exposed to many symptoms, including excessive sweating, inability to catch their breath normally, increased heart rate, intense fear, body trembling, chest pain, and numbness in the body’s extremities.

Ibrahim pointed out that the duration of a panic attack is up to 20 minutes, then the symptoms disappear on their own, pointing out that the mind plays an essential role in recognizing fear and anxiety to deal with them, but if a defect occurs in a specific part of the brain responsible for treating fear, the chances of Exposure and panic.

Factors that increase the incidence of panic attacks

Haditha, a consultant psychiatrist, added that there are some factors that increase the chances of developing panic disorders, including:

-Family and genetic history.

– People with depression are more vulnerable.

Negative and bad childhood experiences are among the most prominent reasons.

There are also many things that help diagnose panic, including feeling constant anxiety, suddenly changing your behavior, or being exposed to a shock that caused you to have panic attacks.

Treatment of panic attacks

Finally, the psychiatry consultant confirmed that treating panic attacks or panic disorder depends on cognitive-behavioral psychotherapy, taking some medications, or mixing the two types, and that is determined according to the case itself.