The following are the most important diseases or complications that may be co-morbid due to anxiety disorders:
Factors affecting health status and leading to health care utilization (Z00-Z99).
- Suicide (suicide)
Cardiovascular system (I00-I99)
- Hypertension (high blood pressure)
- Coronary heart disease/ischemic heart disease (IHD; ischemic heart disease); incidence: 3% of individuals without anxiety disorder vs. 6.1% with health anxiety (sex-adjusted doubling of risk (hazard ratio, HR 2.12))
Psyche – Nervous System (F00-F99; G00-G99).
- Alcohol abuse (alcohol dependence)
- Depression
- Ejaculatio praecox (premature ejaculation)
- Erectile dysfunction (ED; erectile dysfunction).
- Insomnia (sleep disorders)
- Libido disorders of the woman / man
- Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) [due to traumatization of mental illness].
- Somatoform disorders – form of mental illness that leads to physical symptoms without physical findings would have to be collected.
- Obsessive-compulsive disorders
Symptoms and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings not elsewhere classified (R00-R99).
- Speech/language disorders.
- Suicidality (suicidal tendencies)
Further
- Addictions, especially to medications (for example, benzodiazepines).
- Fear of anxiety
- Engaging in dangerous hobbies, undertakings to overcompensate.
- Limitation of the quality of life
- Loss of control
- Social withdrawal
- Daytime sleepiness
