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Stress Effects |
Get rid of stress (Home) > Stress Effects > Stress System Malfunction Stress System Malfunction Could Lead to Serious, Life Threatening DiseaseWe all suffer from some degree of stress. Low degree stress is beneficial for us. It helps us to work appropriately. If there is no stress in our daily working, slackness will be there inevitably. Stress also make possible to cope up any crisis that we may face. Researchers have discovered that stress can be a predisposing factor for various physical ailments to occur. Some of them can be life threatening. Any amount of stress triggers the release of the stress hormones- Adrenaline and Cortisol. Adrenaline has the power of vasoconstriction (narrows the lumen of blood vessel). Mild stress does not have the power to alter it very much. However, protracted stress can make it so narrow that can produce high blood pressure, if the blood vessels of the different muscles are compromised. The most dangerous and life threatening catastrophe may be occurrence of heart attack. This may lead to death. Our body has the power to combat against the invading bacteria, virus and other possible dangers. This action is taken care of by the Immune system. There are two types of immunity- Cellular and Humoral. Stress hormone depresses the both the forms. As a result, our body is totally exposed to the trespassers. Once the defense mechanism is not there, many opportunistic infections like- tuberculosis, sexually transmitted diseases, various systemic infections, AIDS may get hold of our body. Stress can produce anxiety. This may give rise to Phobia. It makes the condition more complex that phobia does not emerge and leave like other physical and psychological disease. If you have social anxiety problem for a single day, it is most likely that you will continue to experience it every day for the rest of your life. The magnitude of phobia may vary in gender, ethnic and cultural boundaries. Even the same person will feel different magnitude of social phobia in different circumstances. Diabetes is a serious complication of stress. Cortisol (the stress hormone) has the power to increase the blood glucose level. Our body manages mild degree of stress. In case we suffer from prolong stress, the rising blood sugar level culminates into diabetes. Again, the person in stress does not have a regular time of eating healthy food. He may try anything that comes across. It also aggravates the situation. Researchers have recently discovered that stress can produce Alzheimer’s disease- one of the infamous diseases known to human that incapacitates a person from his normal livelihood. Cortisol has the power to trigger release of gastric acid. Prolonged stress can make it possible to release so much of gastric acid, which can damage the mucosal lining of the stomach. Once the protective lining is not there, gastric muscle is exposed to the flowing food materials, gastric acid and bile. Due to the action of Helicobacter pylori, a bacterium present in the stomach normally, there may be formation of gastric ulcer. To avoid all these life threatening complications, we must try to avoid stress as much as possible and lead a healthy and peaceful life.
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