Anxiety (definition of)

Anxiety can refer to a wide range of complex, unpleasant emotions, primarily fear, apprehension, and worry. Physical symptoms include increased heart rate, nausea, sweating, and headaches.

Components

Anxiety manifests itself in four ways:

• cognitive
• behavioral
• somatic
• emotional

Those who have been exposed to asbestos and/or have been diagnosed with an asbestos disease like mesothelioma are understandably anxious. In addition, anxiety can result as one of the side effects of chemotherapy and/or radiation treatments.

Although few states allow it, it is possible in some jurisdictions to file suit with the help of an an asbestos attorney if you have been exposed to asbestos and are in danger of developing an asbestos disease like pericardial mesothelioma or peritoneal mesothelioma, even though symptoms are not yet manifest, as psychiatric injury has proven compensable.