Everyone experiences brief moments of stress each day. Usually the body's response to stress is short-lived. When stress becomes long-lasting and chronic, it can severely impact one's health.
Stress is a biological response due to overwhelming of the central nervous system.
Chronic stress can result from situations like a high-pressure job, long-term illness, challenging relationships, and difficult financial situations.
In response to stress, hormones such as cortisol and adrenaline are released. Chronic stress puts a lot of pressure on the body.
Physical effects may include:
~headaches ~irritability ~body aches and pains ~difficulty sleeping ~inability to focus ~digestive issues ~loss of sexual desire ~frequent infections
Physical effects due to chronic exposure to stress may increase to:
"Stress! Don't Let it Make You Sick", on November 2014
"Scientists have long known that stress complicates a host of health problems. Now they are discovering that chronic stress — a mainstay of modern life — doesn't merely exacerbate disease, it actually can cause it. "We are just beginning to understand the ways that stress influences a wide range of diseases of aging, including heart disease, metabolic syndrome, type 2 diabetes and certain types of disability, even early death," says Sheldon Cohen, a professor of psychology at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh who has been at the forefront of stress research for 30 years."
Here are 8 Conditions That May Be Caused By Stress:
The Common Cold Weight Gain-Obesity Slower Healing Sleep Dysfunction Heart Disease Depression Ulcers and Other Stomach Problems Back, Neck and Shoulder Pain
According to WebMD, Here Are 10 Health Issues Caused By Stress: