Your chest tightens, you notice your breath getting shorter and your heart rate skyrockets. Your mind is now confused about whether you just experienced a heart attack or the condition has something to do with your mind. While most physical diseases have straightforward symptoms that can be easily interpreted by the person who suffers from it. However, some health conditions can be tricky, for instance, making out the difference between a heart attack and a panic attack. It is interesting to know that a psychological condition can mimic a physical condition to the extent of making the person believe that they are in a health crisis. Simran Rao shares how while recovering from COVID-19, one day she felt a bout of breathlessness and uneasiness to the extent that she had to rush to her physician's clinic, thinking it was some cardiac event. After she was made to run through a couple of diagnostic tests, she found out that it was nothing but a panic attack. It will be a good idea at t...
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