Hiccups, or involuntary spasms of the diaphragm, are usually understood as a digestive symptom. But they can also be caused or intensifiedTrusted Source by mental or emotional stress.
According to a small case studyTrusted Source, children and adolescents could also develop hiccups as a symptom of psychological distress.
PsychodermatologyTrusted Source focuses on the interaction between your mind and skin. ResearchTrusted Source in this field shows a link between anxiety disorders and skin symptoms like chronic itching and hives. This might create another cycleTrusted Source in which stress and anxiety worsen itching, and vice versa.
Tinnitus is the medical term for a ringing or buzzing noise in the ears, although it can also cause a roaring or whistling sound.
ResearchTrusted Source suggests that people with chronic tinnitus are also more likely to report anxiety.
The sounds of tinnitus may also be perceivedTrusted Source as being louder by people with anxiety. This can lead to a vicious cycle where tinnitus causes anxiety, and that anxiety increases your awareness of the tinnitus.
Not all anxiety symptoms are well known. If you live with anxiety, you might experience one of these physical symptoms and not realize it’s rooted in anxiety.
A racing heart is a familiar symptom of anxiety, but chronic anxiety can also cause chest pain or the sensation of a heart “flutter.”
An increased heart rate and muscle tension are both part of your body’s fight, flight, or freeze response, but they can cause pain if anxiety is chronic.
This symptom can be especially distressing because it can mimic the onset of a heart attack, often causing even more anxiety. Researchers estimate that almost 50% of people who come to the ER with low-risk chest pain (that is, pain not related to a heart attack) experienced higher than usual levels of anxiety.
Anxiety can show up in lots of different ways and rarely looks the same from person to person. Trying to figure out if anxiety is causing your symptoms isn’t always a straightforward process.
While anxiety disorders are some of the most commonly diagnosedTrusted Source mental health conditions in the United States, they’re not always easy to spot.
If you have an anxiety disorder and you’re experiencing a strange symptom — especially one your doctor can’t explain — you might feel relieved to know that your anxiety could be causing it.
Whether it’s a somatic symptom or an emotion that doesn’t seem connected to anxiety at first, tying these mysterious symptoms to a known cause could help you manage them.
Microsoft co-founder and billionaire Bill Gates said that the Omicron variant of COVID-19 has outpaced the world’s distribution of vaccines in spreading immunity to the virus.
Speaking at the 2022 Munich Security Conference on Friday, Gates, who has spent years warning about the threat posed by viral pandemics, urged health officials to do better the next time a similar threat emerges.
“Sadly, the virus itself – particularly the variant called Omicron – is a type of vaccine,” said Gates. “That is, it creates both B-cell and T-cell immunity, and it’s done a better job of getting out to the world population than we have with vaccines,” he said, CNBC reported.
Gates was asked about global progress in “beating COVID-19” during the panel, which he attended alongside Canada’s foreign affairs minister Melany Joly, Ann Linde, Sweden’s foreign affairs minister, and Comfort Ero, CEO of the International Crisis Group. World Health Organization director Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus delivered the introduction.
The billionaire and tech magnate credited the spread of the Omicron variant for immunizing populations naturally in some parts of the world.
In response to the brutal treatment of protesters by law enforcement officers as they forcefully clear the streets of Ottawa, outraged citizens flooded the Ottawa Police Department (OPD) phone lines on Saturday to express their disgust over the Police’s horrific actions – and in some cases, likely to report some of the abuse.
Following the wave of calls, the OPD decided that the best response would be just to threaten the callers with criminal charges – because, hey, it’s worked so well for everything else, and, ultimately, they are tyrants, so it makes perfect sense.
The OPD tweeted out a plea for people to stop calling on Saturday, making clear that it’s no longer OK for concerned citizens to call about what the police are doing to the peaceful protestors:
The regime is very upset with the serfs.
How dare they challenge Justin’s ridiculous COVID orders!
Ottawa Mayor Jim Watson told the CBC that the regime has the power to do this now that the Emergency Act was invoked by Prime Minister Trudeau.
Persecution Live 