Dhat Syndrome - Signs & Symptoms To Watch Out For!

Dhat Syndrome is a condition usually found in the cultures within the Indian subcontinent, wherein male patients report really vague psychosomatic symptoms related to fatigue, anxiety, weakness, guilt, loss of appetite and also sexual dysfunction, mainly attributed by the person concerned to loss of semen in nocturnal emission through urine or even at the time of masturbation. Male patients feel that they suffer from impotence or premature ejaculation, hence tend to believe that semen is getting passed through their urine.

Symptoms
Symptoms related to the body like weakness, easily getting fatigued, insomnia, palpitations, low on mood, guilt feeling and anxiety often exist.

The ones who got presented with this syndrome were mainly either young, recently married, belonged to quite an average or low sub-economic status, hailing from rural area and their families having conservative approach towards sex.

Three Categories of Patients Suffering From Dhat Syndrome

1. Dhat alone: This type of syndrome occurs among patients, who attribute their symptoms of feeling depressed or anxious due to loss of semen.
2. Dhat with sexual dysfunction: The most commonly associated psychosexual dysfunctions are Erectile dysfunction and Premature ejaculation. Along with these, anxiety neurosis, depressive neurosis, hypochondriasis have been the psychiatric disorders, to get mostly reported among patients, who have been diagnosed with Dhat syndrome.
3. Dhat with depression and anxiety: In this case the syndrome is seen as an accompanying symptom.

The word ‘Dhat’ gets derived from the Sanskrit word 'dhatu', which means metal, elixir or constituent part of the body, which gets considered as the most concentrated, perfect and powerful substance of the body and its preservation gives a guarantee of good health along with longevity.

Other Details
As far as the knowledge regarding Dhat Syndrome is concerned, most of the patients believe that Dhat consists of semen along with pus, sugar, urine in concentrated form, any kind of infection. Some people are not even sure.

A large number of people have a feeling that masturbation or getting indulged into sexual activities in an excessive manner, could be the primary factors behind Dhat Syndrome.