When Stress Causing Illness Attacks

The studies that have confirmed that stress is causing illness or aggravates the existent ones was a major step in medicine. The only problem that remained was that very few people are aware of the implications of stress causing illness. Many of us know that to be nervous and under stress is not a good thing but most of them are not aware of the damages that it can produce. Stress can affect from sexual life to the brain. The people have to learn how to manage effectively the stress for being protected against the serious illnesses. How is stress causing illness?

As an answer to the dangers we sense the adrenaline (a hormone produced by stress) increases the heart rate and the blood pressure and this can be very dangerous for one's health. However, if the periods of stress are very short, the increasing adrenaline has a benefic effect over our body. It produces chemicals substances that improve the memory, increase the energy and productiveness.

*** The explanation is that the people's high level of stress is due to the exterior factors as the tension that one works over time without being paid, the traffic, the bills. This is chronic stress that people deal with.

Chronic stress is the tension felt for a long period of time. After a while, if the body still feels these tensions, it gets into an overdrive. The hormones released by the stress are in a high quantity and this leads to high blood pressure and heart rate, the blood sugar level rises, and the digestion slows down. Chronic stress is a very important stressing factor in stomach problems, respiratory infections, etc. the body also produces a high level of cortisol that has a bad effect on the inflammatory conditions and worsen the autoimmune disorders like lupus, sclerosis. Stress causing illness? How serious these illnesses are?

It is well known that stress can cause diseases like diabetes, or heart diseases. The cardiovascular diseases are a consequence of the nervous states one gets through without being normal. The scientists have proved that if one's pressure rises very rapidly when one is running from a lion, this a normal reaction and not so dangerous and is the adapting need that makes you run and be frightened, but if this happens every time you see the mess in your teenagers bedroom, this means that one has serious problems and can develop cardiovascular diseases. Can stress be an element part of the reasons a heart attack or stroke takes place?

The stress can lead to high blood pressure. The high blood pressure can lead to heart attacks and strokes. The conclusion is that the stress can lead to heart attacks and strokes. There are situations when the blood vessels are not capable to contract anymore and the quantity of blood cannot be controlled. Then appears the risk of heart attacks.

*** Researches have discovered that, in the entire world, the cases of people who suffer from a heart disease are very many and also lots of them, when under stress, feel worse and risk having a heart attack. Stress and diabetes

Stress is more and more considered to be one of the primal causes of diabetes. In the type 1 and also in the type 2 the physical injuries cause higher blood glucose level. In the type 2 only the psychological stress causes this increase of the glucose in the blood. Are some people at greater risk from stress than others?

The studies show that some people react different than others at stress. If the blood pressure increases at some of them in their youth there is a very high risk of appearance of high blood pressure when they reach 40. What are the best methods to reduce the stress causing illness? The best way to get rid of stress is the relaxation. Also a healthy diet and enough sleep help you to feel more comfortable and relaxed. For relaxation you can use relaxation exercises as breathing, meditation, etc.

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