What does psychosomatic illness mean?

It is well documented that patients with psychosomatic disorders account for 33% of the patients seen in general hospitals. Common psychosomatic diseases include primary hypertension, coronary artery disease, diabetes, cancer, gastric and duodenal ulcers, bronchial asthma, and hyperthyroidism. So what exactly do psychosomatic diseases mean? Psychosomatic diseases are those physical diseases in which psychological and social factors play an important role in the occurrence and development of the disease. The reason for such diseases is not because of eating some unclean food or because of which part of our body has a problem, but because of long-term adverse psychosocial factors that lead to the disorder of internal organs and finally destroy the function of the corresponding organs of the body. Undesirable psychological factors refer to conflicts, tensions, bad habits and personality traits that arise in people’s mental activities. These factors, like viruses, bacteria and heredity as we know them well, lead to somatic diseases such as hypertension, coronary heart disease and cancer by affecting people’s nervous system, endocrine system and immune system. If we have these diseases, not just take medicine on the line, but also have to do psychological adjustment. Only when the mental state is adjusted can we be cured of our psychosomatic diseases.