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Can Stress Make You Sick?

​Your body's reaction to a real or imagined threat is stress. Some stress is healthy for you and motivates you to take action, such as searching for work after being fired. Nevertheless, excessive stress can weaken your immune system and make you more susceptible to illness. Numerous ailments and bodily symptoms are brought on by stress. As your level of stress rises, symptoms can start to appear and get worse over time. Once your stress level decreases, these symptoms typically go away.

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Illnesses caused by stressed

  • Fever

    • A psychogenic fever can be brought on by ongoing stress and response to emotional situations. This indicates that psychological reasons rather than a virus or other inflammatory factor are to blame for the fever.

  • The common cold

    • Chronic mental stress interferes with the body's ability to control the inflammatory reaction. Numerous diseases' onset and development have both been associated to inflammation. When exposed to the viruses that cause colds, those who have been under a lot of stress are more likely to get symptoms.

  • Stomach issues

    • There is evidence that stress interferes with your digestive system's ability to function normally, impacting your stomach and large bowel.

  • Depression

    • Serotonin, dopamine, and norepinephrine are just a few of the brain chemicals that stress affects. Additionally, it raises your cortisol levels. Each of these has a connection to depression.

  • Headaches and migraines

    • Tension and migraine headaches are both frequently brought on by stress. According to one study, unwinding after a stressful time can trigger an intense migraine headache recurrence within the following 24 hours.

  • Allergies and asthma

    • The initiation and aggravation of mast cell-related disorders, such as asthma and allergies, have been related to life stress. In reaction to stress, the mast cells in your body release histamine, which worsens allergy symptoms. Chronic or high stress levels might aggravate or even trigger an allergic reaction. This may result in signs of an allergy, such as runny nose and watery eyes, or skin symptoms like a rash or hives. Asthmatic individuals who are under stress may potentially get an asthma attack.

 

How to manage stress

  • Getting regular exercise

  • Listening to music

  • Yoga and meditation deep breathing exercising

  • Cutting back on obligations

  • Getting enough sleep

 

The idea of adding another activity to your schedule may make you feel more stressed rather than less stressed if your workload from work and other commitments is keeping you so busy that you are at risk of acquiring a stress-related sickness. Even if the event lessens stress, this can still be the situation. Since it's doubtful that life will ever be completely stress-free, focus on managing your stress and taking breaks when necessary to maintain good health, success, and happiness.

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