Stress is a physical or mental alteration that all of us can experience at some time in our life. Currently there are more and more responsibilities that some of us do not know how to deal with and that can cause us a certain symptomatology.
The consequences of these symptoms, although many do not believe it, can cause severe damage to our health, for this reason you must know what symptoms stress has, how it can affect us and what other problems it can cause to our health.
Why does stress affect us?
Stress can be experienced under any circumstance, we are not all the same, therefore each experience we live affects us in different ways, to a greater or lesser degree. The problem begins to arise when we cannot cope with stress and we begin to feel symptoms that affect our body and mind. At first we cannot identify it, but as time passes our health begins to deteriorate.
Understanding stress is very important to know what is happening to our body, such as fear and pain. Stress can be due to many things, one of the main ones being physical, emotional, mental effort, as well as a causal factor of a disease.
What are the reasons why we can have stress?
Some of the factors for which stress occurs are:
- Afraid
- Emotional stress
- Infections (acute and chronic)
- Financial pressure
- Lack of Relaxation
- Exercise (too little or too much)
- Smoking excessively
- Wound healing
- The death of a loved one
- Physiological Stress
- Unwanted employment
- Take a lot of caffeine
- Lack of sleep
- Lack of nutrients
- Couple stress
- Bad nutrition
- Toxins
What problems can stress bring?
Stress is the root cause of more than 60% of all illnesses and can affect your entire body, as well as causing various problems such as insomnia, emotional and behavioral problems.
The diseases that can derive from stress if it is not treated in time are:
- Irritability
- Go to
- Panic
- Fatigue
- Tension in the jaw
- Hypertension
- Type 1 and 2 diabetes
- Arrhythmia
- Obesity
- Weightloss
- Depression
- Ulcer
- Asthma
- Paranoia
Conclution
These are some of the diseases that can derive from stress, so you should know how to listen to your body when it begins to show you signs that it cannot cope with a situation that you are currently experiencing. If you feel bad you should go to your doctor, you should also try to find a way to deal with the problems that overwhelm you, an example is exercising, one of the best options to help you de-stress.
Reference
- Charity Benevelli – Zaczek, Stress And It’s Hidden Health Effects. For Bodyrock [Revised December 2015]
