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By Carol Hofmeister
 Anxiety attack heart problems are any problems related to the cardiovascular system of the human body that are caused by panic or anxiety attacks. Due to the very nature of a panic attack, it is no surprise that anxiety attack heart problems are among the leading causes of heart attacks or other cardiovascular issues today. This is not to say, however, that an anxiety or panic attack does not affect other systems of the body as well, but its effect on the heart and blood flow is easily measured and quite noticeably dangerous.
A panic attack is a sudden onset of fear that can paralyze a person in the mood of the moment. Many people report the notion of being frozen by fear, and an anxiety attack definitely resembles that to a large extent. Patients discuss numbness in extremities, heart palpitations, trembling, chills, and trouble breathing among other things that are manifested during a panic attack.
Anxiety attack heart problems are common because of the close association between stress and other heart problems. Because of this close relationship in systems and bodily functions, anxiety can
accompany any heart disease or cardiac condition that causes a drop in blood pressure. This decrease in blood pressure causes a sudden decrease in cardiac output. Anxiety is also closely related to (but not the cause of) a condition called mitral valve prolapse or MVP.
Panic attacks generate a common human response to danger known as the fight or flight response. This was said to evolve from early human types that either fled danger or took it on if they could. Fight or flight generates a lot of biological processes because of the energy the body needs to perform either task. The heart races, the blood quickens, the eyes function differently, senses are heightened, and other parts of the body begin to react in other ways such as muscles tightening, etc.
Anxiety attack heart difficulties can arise from the heart being told by the brain, which is in charge of the fight or flight mechanism, to work too fast. At this point, the body often decides to simply shut down because its easier on the systems involved. For this reason, the heart once again runs the virtual gamut of both beating faster and beating slower; calming the body down and slowing blood flow one moment and then speeding the body up and creating more blood flow the next minute.
Carol Hofmeister is a contributing author to many publications in the fields of psychology and mental health, including anxiety attack heart problems. For more related information and articles visit Anxiety Info. Anxiety Share Your Opinion. (0 posts)
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