Any person in his life has experienced nervous tension of one degree or another. The first trip to kindergarten, then to school, the first declaration of love, the birth of a child ... Each person has a priority of importance of events of their own, and each experience manifests itself in different ways.
There are people whom even the most serious problem cannot bring out of balance. And there are individuals whose nervous type is classified as asthenic. An offensive word, a sidelong glance can already cause injury, not to mention some really serious life upsets. Such people can be sick of nerves, they can sweat a lot, and some often faint. Each individual case should be considered in the context of the situation, as well as the individual characteristics of the patient. The article provides a list of the most common causes of nausea, as well as tips for overcoming this condition.
Classification of Nausea of Neurological Etiology
Neurology classifies nausea, not caused by diseases of the internal organs, into the following groups:
- Spontaneous in nature - manifests itself in cases where a stressful situation occurs suddenly for a person. This can be, for example, a strong fear. Nausea abruptly arises, as if from nowhere, and often becomes the cause of vomiting.
- Periodic - regularly sick of nerves, while often the patient suffers from a number of other symptoms of neurological pathologies (nerve tics, darkening of the eyes, dizziness, sweating, tremor of the extremities, etc.).
- If you feel sick for no apparent reason constantly, then this form of pathology is called constant. Often it is not associated with neurology - you need an experienced doctor-diagnostician who would be able to accurately determine the causes of such a serious condition. If there are no physiological reasons, then we are talking about a serious neurological or psychiatric diagnosis.
It is impossible to let the state go by itself. If you regularly feel nauseous, you should definitely visit a neurologist. In order to accurately exclude the possible presence of chronic diseases of internal organs, endocrine pathologies, hormonal disruptions, you should pass all the necessary tests, undergo MRI, ultrasound and other studies. Often nausea indicates the presence of serious health problems. Could nausea be sick if no illnesses have been detected? Yes, in this case you will have to look for a cause in neurology and psychiatry.
How to understand what is sick of nerves?
How to recognize that an unpleasant feeling of nausea is directly related to the nervous system? What if the condition is triggered by an exacerbation of an illness of an organ? Can I feel sick from stress and nerves, but at the same time my internal organs remain healthy? The answer to these questions is yes, it can really feel sick due to excitement, and here's how to distinguish this condition from diseases of internal organs:
- nausea occurs in parallel and before a strong experience, an exciting moment;
- in parallel with nausea, palms and armpits sweat;
- a person takes his breath away, he feels a short-term lack of air;
- in some cases (especially in a sudden form of the condition), vomiting spasm may occur and the person will feel sick.
At the same time, there are practically no problems with the consistency of the stool, there are no spasmodic pains in the abdomen, and there are no other characteristic intestinal symptoms. Nausea from nerves (treatment of the condition is described below) is more often characteristic of the female sex - this is evidenced by statistics from European neurology. Men are easier to survive stress, they are not prone to pronounced manifestations of psychosomatics.
List of Common Reasons
So, the most common reasons that a person is nauseous (what to do and which doctor to go to will be described in the following sections) are not so many. The list includes:
- aerophagia;
- psychosomatic condition;
- muscle strain;
- vegetovascular dystonia;
- neurotic, anxious, depressive disorders in psychiatry, which are often manifested by neurological symptoms.
Aerophagy as a Breakdown
It occurs reflexively with severe nervous shock, with pain or emotional shock, with severe fear.
The patient begins to breathe often, he does not have enough air. From the side, an attack of aerophagy may resemble an attack of asthma, however, the principle of development of these conditions is different. Symptoms of aerophagia develop because a person in a shocked state inhales a large amount of air through the oral cavity. As a result, a certain amount of air accumulates in the cavity of the esophagus and stomach, which needs to be released. As a result, the patient experiences severe nausea, excitement, fear, respiratory rhythm problems.
The best remedy for an attack of aerophagy is peace. You should realize that nothing terribly happened. If the air does not exit the stomach itself, any carminative drug can be taken.
Nausea as a psychosomatic condition
Many of us underestimate the state of anxiety while waiting for a particular exciting event. Consciousness draws us certain options for the development of events, but in reality, as a rule, everything turns out to be completely wrong. People with a moving type of psyche are suspicious, anxious and always worried about the light in which they appear in the eyes of those around them. Sometimes these conditions can trigger the development of psychosomatic physical disorders.
Often at a reception with a psychotherapist, people ask the question: "Can nauseous be sick?" Yes, of course. This is one of the most common ways for anxiety to break out of the depressed state of the human psyche. In parallel with nausea, there may be increased sweating (hyperhidrosis), some people begin to stutter from excitement, tremor of the extremities may begin. If these psychosomatic manifestations of anxiety prevent a person from living, then the psychotherapist should go through the required number of sessions, after which the severity of the problem should become less.
Muscle strain
People far from medicine believe that a person’s muscles are only under the skin. This is a fallacy: there is a lot of muscle tissue in the body; at its expense, organs adhere to their places. Even in the tissues of the face there are small muscles, thanks to their work we can raise our eyebrows in surprise or frown our forehead - in a word, it is the muscles that are responsible for facial expressions.
Skeletal muscle hypertonicity often occurs reflexively in a state of shock during a panic attack. With severe stress, all the muscles of the body become very tense and become like stone. Adrenaline is produced in blood in large quantities, but does not manage to be spent properly. The stomach is also subject to strong tone, hence the nausea reflex.
In order to bring the patient to a normal state, medical attention may be required. In particular, doctors usually have drugs that help to relax (relaxants) and lower the level of adrenaline in the blood. One or two injections of such drugs are usually enough to make the patient return to a relatively normal state.
Vegetative dystonia
If a patient complains that his head hurts and feels nauseous, he has cold extremities, sleep problems, a tendency to arrhythmia, that is, the patient is likely to suffer from vegetovascular dystonia. It is impossible to make such a diagnosis on your own, since the symptoms characteristic of it are easy to confuse with the symptoms of a number of other rather serious diseases.
You should contact a qualified neurologist - only this doctor can diagnose VVD based on the general clinical picture of the patient's condition. For treatment, sedative teas and fees, vasodilator drugs, nootropics, as well as drugs that restore cerebral circulation are usually prescribed.
Neurotic or psychotic disorder
In psychiatry, it is customary to divide the variety of disorders into two large camps: disorders of the neurotic level or psychotic. In both cases, a person may experience problems not only of a psychiatric nature, but also a number of physically unpleasant conditions - abdominal pain, migraines with and without aura, vomiting. The patient himself usually calls such symptoms simply: nausea. What to do in this case?
As a rule, neurotic or psychotic disorders are characterized not only by excitement and related poor health. Symptoms are very diverse: the patient may experience visual or auditory hallucinations, may experience delirium, or suffer from withdrawal symptoms. If the patient has a suspicion that something is wrong with his psyche, he should consult a psychiatrist as soon as possible. At the first appeal to the PND, the patient is not registered, and in the future, a visit to a psychiatrist will not affect the receipt of a driver’s license or when applying for a job.
Depressive Disorder and Nausea
Nausea in depressive disorder is a fairly common occurrence. Clinical practice has shown that patients suffering from various forms of depressive disorder very often complain of nausea. At the same time, a person suffers from apathy, anhedonia, gradually his condition worsens, he ceases to see the meaning in his existence. Without the help of a qualified psychiatrist and neurologist, it is almost impossible to get out of this state.
It should be borne in mind that with a depressive disorder, the symptom, that is, nausea, should not be treated directly. Treatment should address the problem comprehensively. It is not necessary to take antidepressants in handfuls - often to achieve remission it is enough to find a competent psychotherapist and attend several sessions.
Agitation Prevention Medicines
List of drugs that a doctor can prescribe to a patient if he complains that he is "sick after nerves":
- soft tranquilizers - "Adaptol", "Atarax";
- Nootropics - Pantogam, Phenotropil;
- vasodilator drugs - "Fezam" (it also has a mild nootropic effect), "Cavinton";
- herbal preparations that help to eliminate the symptoms of VVD - "Tanakan", "Kindinorm."
Herbal tea "Fitosedan" in the fight against nervous nausea
Many patients today do not trust the pharmacological industry and try to find folk remedies that would help them feel better. For such citizens, there is an excellent phytopreparation, the composition of which is completely natural. This tea is "Fitosedan", which includes motherwort, valerian, hops, mint.
Tea has a slightly bitter taste, it should be drunk half an hour before each meal. The effect of therapy is noticeable the next day. A person is less worried, gets rid of anxiety, calm appears. In parallel, problems of the nervous system, such as nausea, insomnia, tremor of the extremities, nervous tic, irritability, go away.
Prevention of Nausea Nervous
After reading the article, it becomes clear whether there may be nausea from the nerves or not. As you know, nerve cells cannot be restored, so you should follow simple rules:
- Do not communicate with people who, for one reason or another, cause irritation;
- not to develop a mental whirlpool in the head, which leads to unpleasant memories, makes you relive painful events;
- stop drinking alcohol (ethyl alcohol destroys hundreds of thousands of nerve cells without the possibility of recovery);
- regularly walk, travel whenever possible, communicate with nice people - in a word, try to get positive emotions.