Effects of Stress:
Hair Loss
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Depression II
Related Illness II
Ulcer II
Weight Loss II
Weight Gain
Stress Related Illness
Experts in the scientific community are continually learning about
the stress and related illnes. Stress seems to be a contributing
factor to everything from cancer and chronic fatigue syndrome
illness to backaches and insomnia.
Stress impacts health by lowering our resistance to disease and
making us more vulnerable to illness. Our body responds to
emotional stress the same way it reacts to physical danger. When
we feel the effects of stress, our health is compromised by
a primitive fight or flight response that produces stress hormones
even when we are not really in immediate danger.
Each day, situations that cause stress affect our health by making
us prone to illness, heart attacks, disease and making us age more
rapidly. Stress, which research has relateded to a variety of
illness and diseases, becomes toxic to our overall health when we
process stress as a negative factor and let it continually eat us
up on an emotional level.
To ease stress and improve your chance of avoiding stress related
illness, don't push yourself so hard. Choose your battles
carefully, letting the little things slide instead of boiling over
with anger. Your health will improve and you will notice you feel
less fatigued, irritable and uptight. Don't let the effects of
stress rule you or negatively impact your personal relationships.
Statistics back up the theory of stress related illness. In fact,
stress accounts for two-thirds of family doctor visits and half
the deaths to Americans under the age of 65, according to the U.S.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
If you have a stomach, heart or mental disorder, your doctor may
have attributed your condition to stress. Stress is also related
to headaches, backaches, cholesterol and high blood pressure.
Studies by the American Medical Association have also shown the
negative effects of stress on health. They say stress is a factor
in more than 75 percent of all illness and disease today.
The negative effects of stress on health is indisputable.
Interestingly enough, stress has been the subject of more than
20,000 scientific studies.
One 10-year study by Kiecolt-Glaser looked at the effects of
stress on illness of medical students. The researchers found
decreased levels of the body's natural killer cells, which fight
infections and tumors, during even the familiar stress periods of
exams. Whether you are studying for a test or just trying to pay
the family bills, stress can have an irreversible negative effect
on health.
Another study published in ``Circulation: Journal of the American
Heart Association'' showed how mental stress can decrease blood
flow to the heart. The study on stress related illness equated
stress with bad cholesterol and smoking as risk factors for
coronary heart disease patients.
Even though studies confirm stress has devastating consequences
for your overall heath, Americans often pride themselves on
working longer and harder, staying on top of the competition and
working late at the office.
To break free from the vicious stress cycle and stave off illness,
disease, emotional fatigue and depression, try relaxation
techniques. Your overall health will improve as you get plenty of
rest and let go of tension. Exercise, eat right, and avoid drugs
and caffeine to heal your body of the negative effects of stress
on your overall health.
We
also recommend using
Extress to
decrease stress.
The natural ingredients in Extress complement the body's natural powers
to reduce stress and anxiety. The specific doctor-formulated Extress
formula naturally diminishes emotional sensitivity and mood
swings, calms and focuses attention, relaxes muscles and reduces the possibility of stress-induced head pain and muscle aches.
Extress also helps diminish hyperactivity, aggression and anger
outbursts.
