TNNMC Journal of Nursing Education
  • Year: 2023
  • Volume: 11
  • Issue: 2

Khyal Cap (A Cultural Concept of Distress)

  • Author:
  • Bency Abraham
  • Total Page Count: 3
  • Page Number: 30 to 32

Assistant Professor, Sree Balaji College of Nursing, Chrompet, Chennai, (Bharath Institute of Higher Education and Research)

Online Published on 27 October, 2023.

Abstract

Khyâl attacks” (khyâl cap), or “wind attacks,” is a syndrome found among Cambodians in the United States and Cambodia. Common symptoms include those of panic attacks, such as dizziness, palpitations, shortness of breath, and cold extremities, as well as other symptoms of anxiety and autonomic arousal (e.g., tinnitus and neck soreness). Treatment used was coining and doing vessels.

Keywords

‘Khyal attacks’ - khyalcap, Khyal-wind, Nosology-classification of disease