Nervous tension: symptoms, head, causes, treatment

Headache, stress, fatigue, tremors, dizziness ... are symptoms that can be a sign of nervous tension.What are the causes ?Treatments ?Drug or natural?

Definition: What is a nervous tension?

Nervous tension designates an intense exasperation or more generally a stress which is to be distinguished from blood pressure (or hypertension if it is excessive) which is quantifiable using a tensiometer.The nervous tension reflects a tension associated with fatigue and anxiety which can in some cases assimilate the stage fright and which sometimes causes headaches.Thus, nervous tension has no connection with an arteries' disorder and it can concern both young and perfect health and older people.

What are the symptoms ?

Nervous tension being linked to fatigue, stress and anxiety, it can manifest in different ways:

What is the location of a nervous tension?

Nervous tension has physical, but also emotional repercussions.It can manifest itself by pain in any area of the body: the head, neck, shoulders, arms, back ... It can also result in intense fatigue and depressive condition.

What are the causes ?

Nervous tension can have various origins.Most often, it results from the frantic rhythm of our daily life: impression of lacking time, mental charge, too heavy workload, accumulated fatigue ... in general, any situation generating stress, fatigue and theanxiety can induce nervous tension.Certain periods of life, such as menopause, can, due to the hormonal upheaval it causes, cause important humor, agitation, and therefore a nervous tension.On the other hand, high blood pressure as such is not at the origin of a nervous tension.

When and who to consult?

When sleep disorders, anxiety, fatigue and pain resound on daily life, a consultation with the attending physician is essential.

How to diagnose ?

"The general practitioner will question the patient to highlight the causes of these disorders, and will examine it to eliminate any other pathology (heart rate, blood pressure, osteo-muscle reflexes, palpation of cervical muscles).Certain biological examinations (iron rate, thyroid hormones, etc.) in order to verify the normality of these different parameters and to consider suitable care, "explains Dr. Patrick Aubé.

What are the treatments ?

The treatment of a nervous tension depends on its cause.Stress, anxiety and fatigue being the most frequently found causes at the end of the interrogation led by the doctor, the treatment is essentially based on rest and relaxation.Psychotherapeutic follow -up and physiotherapy physular purposes can also be recommended."Anxiolytics of the family of benzodiazepines must be handled with great precaution because it is likely to result in dependence," said Dr. Patrick Aubé

What are the natural remedies?

A marine magnesium intake can be recommended at the start of care."Some plants improve symptoms such as anxiety, agitation, sleep disorders, a tendency to depress. This is the case with hawthorn, passiflore, hops and valleria.'Other so -called adaptogenic plants make it possible to better adapt to stress and to minimize its consequences: the roots of ginseng, eleutherococcus, and rhodiole. In the event of acute nervous tension, breathing an essential oil such asThe Ylang-Ylang will send the brain a message of appeasement, "said the general practitioner.

Thank you to Dr. Patrick Aubé, general practitioner, author of "The herbal teas and twenty medicinal plants to heal each other every day", at Editions Leduc.s.

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