What are psychosomatic disorders and symptoms?
Psychosomatic disorders are those which affect both mind(psyche) and body(soma).There is a mental aspect to each physical disease.Few physical diseases are made worse by mental factors like psoriasis,heart disease etc,and sometimes mental factors may even cause physical symptoms where there is no actual underlying disease.So, it basically depends on how we react to the disease.
Symptoms here may vary with the disease concerned but the general symptoms seen are- increased heart rate,tremors,palpitations,headache,chest pain,sweating,dry mouth etc
psychosomatic disorder (psychosomatic illness) a disorder in which the physical symptoms are caused or exacerbated by psychological factors, such as migraine headache, lower back pain, or irritable bowel syndrome; see also somatoform disorders. It is now recognized that emotional factors play a role in the development of nearly all organic illnesses and that the physical symptoms experienced by the patient are related to many interdependent factors, including psychological and cultural. The physical manifestations of an illness, unless caused by mechanical trauma, cannot be divorced from a person’s emotional life. Each person responds in a unique way to stress; emotions affect one’s sensitivity to trauma and to irritating elements in the environment, susceptibility to infection, and ability to recover from the effects of illness. Physical conditions to which psychological factors are shown to be contributory are currently classified as psychological factors affecting medical condition.
symptoms
Any physical condition can be so classified, but the most frequently included are asthma, peptic ulcer, bowel disorders, cardiovascular disorders, arthritis, allergy, headache, and certain endocrine disorders.
