Helping Children Dealing with Anxiety and Stress

How your pediatrician in Greensboro, NC, can help your child with anxiety and stress

Stress happens, even to children. Life can be stressful, and your child may feel a lack of stability or loss of control. These and other factors can lead to anxiety and more stress. Fortunately, your pediatrician can help your child manage anxiety.

The pediatricians at Greensboro Children’s Clinic in Greensboro, NC, provide a wide range of children’s medical services, including diagnosis and treatment of anxiety.

Occasional anxiety is normal, but if your child exhibits fear frequently, your child may be suffering from an anxiety disorder. According to the Centers for Disease Control, or CDC, an anxiety disorder is when a child does not outgrow fears and worries, or when fears and worries interfere with school, home, or play.

Your child may have an anxiety disorder if your child demonstrates fear when your child is:

• Separated from you
• Encountering new people
• Going to new places
• Going to school
• Having to interact with other students

Anxiety and stress can affect your child physically, causing:

• An increased heart rate
• Difficulty breathing
• Dizziness, or shakiness
• Profuse sweating

If you notice any of the signs and symptoms listed above, it’s important to bring your child to the pediatrician for an evaluation. Your pediatrician will perform a screening to determine if your child has an anxiety disorder.

Your pediatrician may recommend several treatment options to treat and manage an anxiety disorder, including:

• Medication therapy to limit anxiety feelings
• Behavioral therapy to help your child learn coping mechanisms to deal with new events without becoming fearful
• Family therapy to help family members support your child when he or she is anxious
• Lifestyle modification to help your child feel less stressed

To find out more about the signs, symptoms, and treatment of childhood anxiety, call the pediatricians at Greensboro Children’s Clinic in Greensboro, NC. You can reach them in the office by calling (336) 799-2422, so call now.