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Acute stress reaction
A psychological condition arising from a strong emotional response to a terrifying or traumatic event.
Dr. Geoffrey Rutledge reviewed this
39 year experience in Internal Medicine
How common it is:
Preteen 6-13 | Very common | ||||
Teenager 14-18 | Very common | ||||
Young adult 19-40 | Very common | ||||
Middle-aged adult 41-60 | Very common |
Symptoms
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A 39-year old asked:
Acute stress reaction leading to psychosis, what happened?
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A 41-year old female asked:
I went to ER and they diagnosed me with acute stress reaction. My leucocytes value was 17.6, and the assumption was stress related. Can stress cause such increase?
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A 18-year old female asked:
I think I may either have an Anxiety Disorder or Acute Stress Reaction and I dont know how to handle my anxiety as it has been debilitating lately and keeps me up at night and my heart hurts and I overthink so much?
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A 36-year old male asked:
I had a acute stress reaction due to house brake in last night and my heart rate was very high and I received a referral script for a psychologist but no one is picking up, is there another one I can contact for an appointment today in PE?
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A 43-year old asked:
How does a stress fractured differ from a stress reaction?
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A 46-year old asked:
My skin itches like crazy when i get stressed or overwhelmed. Is that a normal reaction?
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A member asked:
What aerobic exercise can I do with a femoral stress reaction (other than swimming)?
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A 30-year old male asked:
Just had a nuclear stress test done and they just saw v fib happen is that a normal reaction to the cardio lite they used for the images?
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A 42-year old male asked:
Follow up question about radiation I had the reaction(passed out & had seizure) before the stress never got to do the test.?
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A 36-year old female asked:
Tomorrow i'm getting a nuclear stress test w cardiolite. Worried about side effects and reaction to the thallium or whatever they use. Should i worry?
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A 18-year old female asked:
Stress reaction in side of knee. Took 2 weeks off in February then ran once a week. Now Ive had 2 more weeks off and knee feels good. Do you think I can start running?
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A 29-year old female asked:
2 days I've felt like it harder 2breathe Went to a doc n he said my lungs & heart sound fine I had a nuclear bone X-ray 2 days ago could it be a reaction or stress how can u know if it is stress?
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A 18-year old female asked:
Pain on bottom of foot under toes (near 1st through 3rd). Doesnt feel like a marble in my shoe. More like a bruise. What could it be? Not sure it is a stress reaction since it used to hurt on top of foot but now its just on bottom. I am a runner?
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A 28-year old male asked:
If I am having an allergic reaction to something' i.E. Rash and hives can stress make it worse?
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A 28-year old male asked:
Can stress (or anything other than the allergen) be a factor in the frequency or severity of a dust mite allergic reaction?
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A 50-year old female asked:
50k vit d weekly x 8 weeks for defiency & slow healing stress reaction. I'm prone to bone spurs. Is it likely spurs will grow or increase with added d?
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A 18-year old female asked:
Diagnosed with stress reaction side of knee on growth plate. Been cross training for 4 weeks and now running again because knee felt good. Pain keeps coming back after every run now. I take more days off and repeat. What should I do?
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A 45-year old asked:
What is the difference between a stress reaction and a stress fracture?
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A 49-year old female asked:
Can the results of a bone scan of hips show the difference between cancer that has spread or if it is stress reaction?
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A 42-year old male asked:
Can u have an reaction 2 radiation that they put in u for a stress test? After receiving the radiation I got lightheaded passed out & had a seizure.
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A 39-year old female asked:
Is a walking boot and scooter/crutches with no weight-bearing activity for 6 weeks necessary for a 2nd metatarsal stress reaction found by X-ray too extreme? The right protocol? What if I just did the walking boot but no scooter/crutches? Thanks!?
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A 33-year old female asked:
Mri said that I have a mild stress reaction in my ankle navicular accessory. What is it? And what is the treatment? And recovery time?
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A female asked:
What are the symptoms of a stress fracture or reaction? I have recently increased my mileage in preparation for a Marathon and my hip is hurting.
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A 37-year old male asked:
Mri shows I have subchondral edema in the medial femoral condyle, mild chondrosis & subchrondral stress reaction.Can it b treated w/out surgery. How?
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A 49-year old female asked:
Diagnoses of failed right hip replacement arthroplasty due to stress reaction in femur mean? What could cause stress reaction, does that mean surgery
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A 19-year old female asked:
My heart reacts hours after a stressful thing happened. In short, dalayed reaction. I looked it up and I think it's stress cardiomyopathy. Should I go to a doctor or it's okay not to? And will this disease lead to a life threatening one?
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A 18-year old female asked:
Stress reaction diagnosed in side of knee. Took 4 weeks off (just swam) and felt good. Recently ran again a few times and now it hurts after running again. I need to keep running (running in college soon) but pain is still there. 18 yrs old?
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A 16-year old female asked:
Hypochondriac scared of SJS was on cleocin (clindamycin phosphate) 4 2 days a week ago stopped due to allergic reaction. Feel kind of sick not sure if stress/no sleep or SJS?
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A 23-year old female asked:
Can a Air Queen 3-Layer Nano-Filter Face Mask for Adults, Breathable Face Mask, Re ble Face Mask cause a allergic reaction that can make my face to have rosacea, like when I wear it it gets humidity and with talking and feel stress and anx. Can it?
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A 50-year old female asked:
Could 8mm anterior spur on navicular bone cause referred pain to forefoot or ankle? Mri also showed stress reaction to 3rd met.
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