According to psychologist Ekaterina Golubeva, a severe form of the flu, as well as its complications, can cause depression, panic attacks, and even suicidal thoughts in a patient.
Influenza is an acute respiratory viral disease that primarily affects the upper respiratory tract, as well as the bronchi, sometimes the lungs. It stands out among ARVI in people because of the possible severe course of the disease.
People who have had severe influenza may feel apathy, impotence, sadness and unwillingness to live. Panic attacks are also possible.
These are all signs of depression. Also, the toxins released by the virus affect the general condition and the healing process. They not only have a destructive effect on the immune system and internal organs, but can also affect the central nervous system, – said Ekaterina Golubeva URA.RU.
In addition, on the mental state of a person who has had a severe flu , may be affected by the drugs with which he was treated.
After a viral disease, an asthenic syndrome is formed, with characteristic symptoms:
- fatigue,
- excessive irritability,
- sleep disorders,
- decrease in memory and performance.
There are drugs that affect the central nervous system, the specialist noted. First, the stability of the psyche is different for everyone. Secondly, we must not forget that people may have a predisposition to mental illness, and a chemical effect on the central nervous system, that is, drugs, can serve as an activator for their development.
If the situation is acute, the question is between life and death, then the doctor will always choose to save the person. The risk of consequences from a particular drug may not be taken into account. Sometimes patients self-medicate without realizing the consequences.
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What can be complications after flu?
The virus can affect any organs and systems:
- urinary (nephritis, pyelocystitis),
- nervous (encephalitis, meningitis),
- heart (myocarditis, pericarditis).
There may be bacterial lesions of the ENT organs (otitis media, sinusitis), the most dangerous of them is secondary pneumonia.
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Complications of influenza:
- headache, feeling of “soreness” behind the sternum;
- cough;
- shortness of breath;
- dizziness;
- hyperemia of the skin, cyanosis of the nasolabial triangle.
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