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Symptoms of spasmophilia
They are close to symptoms of magnesium deficiency. The main symptoms of spasmophilia, as traditionally described, are:
- a increased breathing rate associated with a feeling of suffocation, oppression, difficulty finding air;
- a feeling of muscle tetany, mainly in the upper limbs (inability to move, tingling, tingling);
- a physical or intellectual asthenia, without apparent cause with a sensation of “cut legs”, “empty head” and the occurrence of “pump strokes”;
- a feeling of discomfort, palpitations, chest pain ou abdominal for no organic reason, pharyngeal stricture, “lump going up and down” in the throat, feeling of “walking in cotton”, digestive disorders varied.
All of these symptoms can change with disconcerting rapidity, their appearances and disappearances being unpredictable and inexplicable.
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Questionnaire: Have you suffered from these symptoms during your life? Answer YES or NO 1. Contractions and spasms Cramps and tingling? Spasms in the throat (balls in the throat)? Gastric spasms (cramps, aerophagia)? Intestinal spasms (colitis, bloating)? Uterine spasms (premenstrual pain)? Clenching jaws? Phosphenes or tinnitus? Muscle and joint pain? 2. Various disorders Paradoxical asthenia (morning fatigue greater than that of the evening)? Tachycardia, extrasystoles, cardiac erethisms? Respiratory oppression? Problems sleeping and especially falling asleep? Great dependence on the environment? Total A spasmophilic ground is determined by a score greater than or equal to 4 positive responses out of 8 in the first part and 3 positive responses out of 5 in the second part. |
Somatic disorders
These disorders vary from person to person and from crisis to attack. They are sometimes spectacular for the person who suffers from them and for those who witness the crisis. It is important to distinguish these disorders from a somatic affection (asthma, heart problems, etc.). These disorders can be cardiovascular, muscular, sensory, urinary and respiratory.
- heart palpitations;
- increased heart rate (tachycardia);
- pain in the chest;
- difficulty breathing with the need for air and the urge to open windows;
- tremors, jerks, muscle and digestive spasms;
- involuntary contractions in the muscles of the eyelids, face or limbs;
- faintness, dizziness, vertigo;
- itches ;
- blurred vision;
- ringing or ringing in the ears (tinnitus);
- pain in the lower abdomen;
- nausea ;
- sweating, chills;
- a frequent need to urinate;
- neck, back, lumbar pain;
- tingling and impatience in the legs;
- physical fatigue;
- attacks of tetany;
- migraines.
Psychic disorders
- a feeling of imminent danger accompanied by distressing thoughts (fear of fainting, of suffocation, of having a heart attack);
- an unreasonable fear of losing control, of going mad;
- a feeling of anxiety;
- character disorders;
- sleep disturbances;
- intellectual and sexual fatigue.
Psychosensory disorders
When the anxiety is very intense, it is possible to observe:
- un feeling of depersonalization during which the person may have difficulty in feeling their bodily limits or have a feeling of bodily split;
- un feeling of derealization. The person has a vision of reality which becomes blurred.
Behavioral disorders
Behavioral symptoms can take the following forms:
- a inhibition or on the contrary a large behavioral agitation. The person may want to flee to a safe place or on the contrary curl up on himself and become silent;
- of the’aggressiveness which can be directed towards others or towards the person himself up to a passage to the suicidal act.
In some cases, the following symptoms occur at the same time:
- diarrhea;
- severe headaches.
The symptoms then gradually subside, giving way to fatigue.
The onset of the crisis is often preceded by a period when the degree of anxiety gradually increases. The frequency of panic attacks ranges from just one or two throughout life to several per day.