What is Panic Attack?
Panic attack is a real dread situation wherein a person feels excess fear and great anxiety. The heart beats become fast and the person find it difficult to breathe.

The person undergoes sudden anxiety and fear which might cause a psychological stimulation and it might cause a sudden heart attack in some people.

The panic attack upsets the health of the person and the body quickly reacts to the hormones produced. It might get over within half an hour.

The person who experiences the panic attack might go through an uncomfortable incident due to the rapid hormone rush in the body.

Panic Attack Symptoms
Panic attack is a kind of anxiety disorder. Information on the anxiety disorders state that nearly 6 million are affected with panic attack or panic attack disorder.

The panic attack symptoms might vary from person to person. The primary symptoms of panic attack are:

• Increased heart rate
• Fear of loosing self control
• Instability and feeling crazy
• Excess sweating
• Restlessness of the mind and disturbing thoughts
• Hot flushes and chills
• Difficulty to breathe
• Heaviness in breathing
• Stomach upset
• Giddiness
• Digestion problems
• Color change of the skin
• Numbness
• Muscle pain in neck and shoulders
• Brisk blushing
• Needing to urinate immediately
• Shortness of breath

Panic attack in women
Panic attack happens more in women than in men. Statistics show that rape and sexual abuses might be the major reasons for most of the panic attacks in women. The panic attack might originate in the adolescence stage or in early adulthood. Information about these attacks in women is available because they come forward and seek treatment. In the case of men, they have to play the role of protector of the family and cannot show their anxiety.

Panic Attack Symptoms in Men: Most of the time, the signs of anxiety disorder match with that of heart attack.

• Depersonalization
• Derealization
• Paresthesias
• Chest pain
• Feeling light-headed
• Choking sensations

Facts and Statistics on Panic Attack Symptoms:

• One in every 75 persons in this country suffers from one anxiety disorder or the other.
• 26 percent people with this mental issue have an extreme form of fear within them technically called agoraphobia affecting their daily life.
• 50-60 percent people suffering from this disorder are depression patients too.
• 35 percent suffers of panic attack find solace in drugs and alcohol.
• 70 percent of people suffering from this disorder recover to a great extent.
• 20 percent of these people get completely treated from this disorder.
• Panic attack symptoms can be caused by genes and can be inherited from one generation to another.
• Women are more vulnerable than men to get this disorder genetically.
• Very stressful situations experienced by people can also psychologically effect the mind resulting in panic attacks.
• Young people belonging to the age group of 18-24 years is prone to this disorder.
• Amygdala is a section in our brain primarily responsible for fear response.
• Research studies have found that panic disorder people have abnormally low baseline of this section resulting in unexplainable fear attacks.
• Anti-anxiety drugs take 4-12 weeks to show their effect, where as 8-20 sessions are required to treat panic disorder through psychotherapy technique.