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    Neurasthenia is a mental disorder characterized by chronic fatigue, weakness, anxiety, and fainting. It is caused by stress or anxiety and results in symptoms like rapid or irregular heartbeat, cold hands and feet, rapid breathing, dizziness, fainting, sighing, and sweating for no reason. While the cause is unknown, it often affects people between 20 and 55 years old and predominantly males. It is diagnosed when persistent exhaustion symptoms occur after minor mental or physical exertion along with a mixed state of arousal and depression.

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    Neurasthenia is a mental disorder characterized by chronic fatigue, weakness, anxiety, and fainting. It is caused by stress or anxiety and results in symptoms like rapid or irregular heartbeat, cold hands and feet, rapid breathing, dizziness, fainting, sighing, and sweating for no reason. While the cause is unknown, it often affects people between 20 and 55 years old and predominantly males. It is diagnosed when persistent exhaustion symptoms occur after minor mental or physical exertion along with a mixed state of arousal and depression.

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    Neurasthenia is a mental disorder characterized by chronic fatigue, weakness, anxiety, and fainting. It is caused by stress or anxiety and results in symptoms like rapid or irregular heartbeat, cold hands and feet, rapid breathing, dizziness, fainting, sighing, and sweating for no reason. While the cause is unknown, it often affects people between 20 and 55 years old and predominantly males. It is diagnosed when persistent exhaustion symptoms occur after minor mental or physical exertion along with a mixed state of arousal and depression.

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    Neurasthenia is a mental disorder characterized by chronic fatigue, weakness, anxiety, and fainting. It is caused by stress or anxiety and results in symptoms like rapid or irregular heartbeat, cold hands and feet, rapid breathing, dizziness, fainting, sighing, and sweating for no reason. While the cause is unknown, it often affects people between 20 and 55 years old and predominantly males. It is diagnosed when persistent exhaustion symptoms occur after minor mental or physical exertion along with a mixed state of arousal and depression.

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    Definition:

    The word “neurasthenia” is a term that has fallen into disuse among psychiatrists in the United
    States and Australia. It remains in use in the United Kingdom.

    Where it is used, it covers a broad spectrum of symptoms, including the sensation of pain or
    numbness in various parts of the body, chronic fatigue, weakness, anxiety, and fainting.

    Additional results associated with this term may include:

    Intense rapid heartbeats may be irregular (palpitations, tachycardia), and wet hands and feet.

    Abnormally rapid breathing (hyperventilation).

    Dizziness or fainting.

    Frequent sighs, sweating for no apparent reason.

    What are the synonyms of NeurastheniaNeurasthenia?

    Neurasthenia is also known as cardiac neurosis, chronic asthenia, Da Costa syndrome, stress
    syndrome, functional cardiovascular disease, soldier’s heart, and subacute asthenia.

    What are the causes of this disease?

    The cause of NeurastheniaNeurasthenia is unknown; however, as are most disorders, inheritance,


    occupation (high-stress occupations), age (occurs between 20 and 55 years of age), and sex
    (predominantly in males). ).

    What are the symptoms associated with this mental disorder?

    Neurasthenia is a mental disorder caused by stress or anxiety. Symptoms may include:

    Weakness or fatigue, which may be accompanied by chest pain.

    An intense heart rate that can be irregular (palpitations, tachycardia).

    Cold on wet hands and feet.


    Abnormally rapid breathing (hyperventilation).

    Dizziness or fainting

    Sighs

    Sweating for no apparent reason

    Restlessness.

    Diagnosis

    Persistent and distressing symptoms of exhaustion after minor mental or physical exertion, including
    a general feeling of discomfort, combined with a mixed state of arousal and depression.

    They were accompanied by one or more of these symptoms: muscle aches and pains, dizziness,
    tension headache, sleep disturbances, inability to relax, and irritability.

    Inability to recover with rest, relaxation, or enjoyment.

    Disturbance and restlessness, not restful sleep, often with sleep problems.

    Duration of more than three months.

    It does not occur in the presence of organic mental disorders, affective disorders, panic disorders, or
    generalized anxiety disorders.

    Data and advice on NeurastheniaNeurasthenia

    Neurasthenia is related to weakness, nervousness, headache, memory loss, neuralgia, depressed


    mood, irritability, lack of concentration, hypochondria, and hyperventilation.

    The exact cause is unknown, but some other reasons responsible for NeurastheniaNeurasthenia are
    factors of heredity, pressure, and high-voltage work that result in the weakness of the nervou

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