Illnesses Caused When Stress Affects the BodyWhat is stress? In the past, the stress was considered to spring from autosuggestion or to be of a psychosomatic nature. Nowadays the specialists realized that stress affects the body in many ways. Unfortunately, the medicines created especially to combat the stress can lead to addiction. That is why the best thing that people should do is to prevent stress by identifying the causes and neutralize them before they appear. Stress affects the body and it represents a direct challenge of surviving instinct present in every person and leads to the burst of some chemical and physical reactions. The sensation that overwhelms us when we are under stress is called panic and is the result of the adrenalin (i.e. a hormone produced by the adrenal glands). - These glands are controlled by the nervous system. The adrenaline raises the heart rate and the blood pressure. - The glycogen is hurried towards glucoses and this leads to an immediate energy for the muscles. - The respiration rate increases as well because the lungs try to get more oxygen. - Body temperature gets higher and the digestion stops. When stress affects the body, the production of adrenalin is the cause of an increase in the power of a person and he/she can do things that normally could not. But it can have also negative effects like the affection of the immune system and the loss of energy that can lead to serious diseases. Diseases caused by stress The heart rate and the blood pressure get higher and this can lead to a node in the blood vessels being favorable to the heart attack. The ulcer is another disease that can be caused when stress affects the body. Also there are many skin diseases that are the effect of stress. The encephalon-myelitis is due to the incapacity of the body to face the viral infections. The breast cancer is another disease thought to be caused when stress affects the body. Characteristic reactions of stress There is a large variety of stress reactions like trembling, the teeth are clenched, and the cheeks are blushing. For the past these were normal reactions but for the modern man they are embarrassing and lead to a bigger stress. There are symptoms when stress affects the body that function as signals for something major. They are frequent headaches, deregulations in the digestion and excretion. The consumption of coffee, cigarettes, alcohol represents ways that people chose to feel relieved from stress. The acute forms of stress can have symptoms like: insomnia, loss of the appetite, anger, etc. Causes of stress When stress affects the body, various stress factors influence our health. It was studied and proved that if a single cause of stress is present there are almost 100% chances to get over it. But usually there are always other factors that are added to that. The most destructive events are when a loss or a break in a marriage occurs. There is also the need to choose among various variants in certain circumstance and this can be another factor of stress. Also if your duties are not clear or your choices and decisions have not been taken into consideration you have all the chances too feel nervous.
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