What Is Stress Disorder?

Stress plays a part in many disorder. For example, if blood pressure remains high and blood vessels constricted, there may be cardiovascular disease in the form of heart attacks or strokes. If the stomach remains with its impoverished blood supply and the mucous membrane of the gut engorges there will be digestive disorders such as:

• duodenal or stomach ulcers

• mucous colitis

• constipation or diarrhea

If the lungs continue to strive for more air there will be over breathing with associated giddiness and fainting, or it may add to the problem of asthma.

Acute Stress Disorder

The skin changes may lead to allergies and rashes for those who have such a tendency.  Where muscle tensions are sustained there may be headache, backache and aches and pains in the muscles, especially in the neck and shoulders.

If the anti-inflammatory mechanism is subdued for long there will be a greater susceptibility to infections of
various sorts. The Common Cold Research Unit found that anxiety had a marked effect on the chances of volunteers catching a cold. It has also been observed that apparently unrelated illnesses, including infections, seem to come in clusters following times of stress. 

Chronic Stress Disorder

High levels of arousal have also been found to lower fertility by hormone changes and also contribute to some menstrual disorders.  Long term anxiety may also bring feelings of panic which seem to have no reason but which can be frightening and crippling.

Stress Disorder Factor

It is, of course, important to note that stress is not the only factor involved in these disorders, nor is it necessarily the main one, but there is now plenty of evidence to show that it may play a significant part in promoting, or triggering off, a great many illnesses.

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