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Agoraphobia.

A Panic attack is the sudden appearance of an episode of intense fear or anxiety, which includes four or more symptoms: rapid heartbeat (pounding heart), trembling, sweating, a feeling of suffocation, chest pain, dizziness and nausea. It is estimated that up to 4% of the population suffers from severe and frequent panic attacks. In women the disease is 2 to 3 times more frequent than in men. The panic disorder is a condition in which the recurrent anxiety attacks are followed by the widespread concern that there will be another crisis, so the person leaves in constant fear. Not all patients who experience an anxiety attack will develop a panic disorder. There are many patients who only had one experience of an attack, which was never repeated. This condition may be accompanied by agoraphobia. Agoraphobia is a condition in which the patient is afraid to go outside the house. The fear comes from thinking that any panic attacks that will occur in such places - away from the safe area of h