Stress increases the risk of chronic diseases

A recent scientific review of the US and Canada suggests that stress is a factor that increases the risk of human illness - especially some diseases such as depression, cardiovascular disease and HIV / AIDS.

According to a report in the Journal of the American Medical Association, stress often accompanies the effects of physical depression as well as a relapse in people, especially those who have recently recovered. In addition,

Stress creates a reaction by the body's endocrine system (Photo: Kf6nr.net)

Chronic stress - daily stress due to work, often increases the risk of coronary heart disease. Stress also accelerates the activity of HIV / AIDS.

Sheldon Cohen and Denise Janicki- Deverts scientists from Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh and Gregory E. Miller of the University of Colombia - He said stress can cause heart attack in two ways.

First, behavioral - people who are often stressed and suffer from insomnia, are less able to exercise; accept poor eating habits, smoke more and often disregard medical treatments seriously.

However, the second way belongs to biology. Stress produces a reaction by the body's endocrine system, producing hormones that affect many other biological systems, including the immune system.

Bui Thanh