An anxiety disorder is a psychological disorder in which the affected individual experiences anxiety due to unspecified triggers, certain circumstances, or situations which limit his everyday capabilities.
Two basic types of anxiety disorder are recognized. The first is a kind of situation-specific anxiety disorder (phobia) that is triggered by defined situations or objects (such as arachnophobia or agoraphobia). The second is a situation-unspecific anxiety disorder that includes panic attack and general anxiety disorders. Panic attacks are short term, suddenly set in, and are accompanied by fears related to the body (such as dying or suffocating) and by pronounced physical difficulties. Generalized anxiety attacks are characterized by lasting several months, associated with stress, worry, and fear.
Anxiety disorders are among the most common psychological disorders. The chances of experiencing an anxiety disorder at some point in life are 10-15%. Women are twice as likely to suffer from anxiety disorders. Anxiety disorders are often accompanied by depression and abuse of medication. People with anxiety disorders suffer from anxiety coupled with physical ailments. These may include heart palpitations, shortness of breath, dizziness, being dazed, hot flashes, chills, dry mouth, tremors, and crawling sensations on the skin. Long term anxiety disorder can lead to avoidance behaviors like running away or social withdrawal.
Anxiety disorders can be treated relatively well with pscicological therapy. Anti-depression treatment may also be pursued to support other efforts. It’s common for a panic attack to spontaneously occur and disappear. In between, the patient should seek psychotherapeutic help and antidepressants if necessary. The same applies for general anxiety disorders.
Several years of work in academia, medical practice and finally commercialization make it possible to provide an end-to-end process to help users to “find the appropriate medical help based on their present symptoms”. Below you will find a short explanation, showing you which part of the platform will help you best in finding the appropriate medical support.
Proceed as follows to enter your current symptoms.
Click on the appropriate body part on the picture. Select one/multiple symptoms corresponding to your complaint.
You can also add symptoms by typing your medical complaint in the search box and selecting the best matching suggestion.
Note: Your information will be kept anonymously.
Once you have selected all applicable symptoms, click the “analyze disease pattern”-button.
Accordingly, you will get a list of possible diseases and matching doctor categories who can further help you.
You can inform yourself about the possible diseases by reading the related information. But you can also return to the previous step and add more symptoms or delete already added ones to further narrow down your disease pattern.
Click on the desired doctor category to find a doctor who can help you.
If you are logged in with your profile, you will be displayed the appropriate doctors in your area. Otherwise you can enter an address in the “address” field and you will be displayed a doctor’s list around that specified address.
You will receive further information about the displayed doctors when you press on “details”.
Online bookable doctors in your area will be indicated with the notation “Book appointment” or “Book externally”, additionally they will be displayed on top of the list for your convenience.
Click on “Book appointment” to start the online appointment booking process with the desired doctor.
Please select an available appointment. “Green“ appointments are booked directly. “Red“ appointments need to be confirmed by the doctor.
Enter your general personal and health information.
Enter your present medical symptoms.
Enter your mobile phone number to identify yourself and you can finalize the appointment booking.
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