갱년기 증후군을 나타낸 공황장애 환자 치험 1례

Abstract

Panic disorder is that suffering panic accompany severe symptoms, such as dyspnea, feeling of chocking, palpitation, chest discomfort or pain, sweating, feeling of dizzy, trembling of shaking, abdominal disorder, numbness or tingling sensations, chills or hot flushes, fear of dying, fear of losing control or going crazy, yet there is no real indisposition. The women in climacteric, they may suffer from palpitation, feeling of ascending fever, feeling of anxiety, which are similar to the symptom of panic disorder. If the women, who are under panic disorder, get going with the menopause, they will feel more painful. This case is that of a woman in her late fifties who are diagnosed as panic disorder 10 years ago. She suffered the climacteric while treated with panic disorder and the respective symptoms got worse. However, her symptoms became much better after oriental herb treatment for them for five months. During the treatment, a favorable turn of the menopausal hormone was shown in the lab tests and on the sheets for diagnosing panic disorder.