The Effects Of Stress And Its Impact On Cardiovascular Diseases

Stress is defined as “a specific response by the body to a stimulus, as fear or pain, that disturbs or interferes with the normal physiological equilibrium of an organism” (Dictionary.com, n.d.). Stress is part of the health and illness continuum and it can cause illness through physical changes or behavioral changes. The role of stress and pain experienced by an individual can affect their psychological well-being as well as their physical well-being. The psychological factors of stress determine whether or not stress develops into an illness. There are different types of psychological factors or moderators that can be used to alleviate stress and relieve pain. In 2011, a research study showed that blogging may have health benefits in treating chronic pain and illness. (Ressler, et al., 2012) I will attempt to identify and describe the positive and negative effects of blogging in regards to stress and illness.

People are increasingly facing more stress since the Human-Being society became developed and complicated, by ignoring the physical influence to our body, Human’s health suffered considerably from stress. Many people was suggested to solve the stress problem by using psychological approaches, however, the research in recent decades has identified a significant awareness gap between the benefits of physical activities and stress relief. The following paper is aiming at exploring how stress affects physical health and how to relieve stress physically.

The Effect of Stress on Cardiovascular Disorders A cardiovascular disorder is any disorder effecting the heart and circulatory system. There is evidence that links stress plays a role in the development of two types of cardiovascular disorders, hypertension (high blood pressure) and coronary heart disease (CHD), which reduces the flow of blood to the heart. Stress may directly cause cardiovascular problems by; rising heart rate which wears the lining of the blood vessels, increasing blood pressure which causes too much pressure on the blood vessels resulting in damage, also mounting glucose levels leading to blocked blood vessels. Stress can also have an effect on our lifestyle, we may find

Every morning when we wake up we might have our day planned out perfectly, not realizing that we may run into a problem throughout the day that will interrupt those plans. Everyone handles their problems differently , most times we allow the issue to overwhelm us by letting our emotions get the best of us instead of taking a moment to think clearly. As humans, it's in our nature to attempt to solve our problems on our own and harbor our feelings, not realizing the harm we are causing to our mind and bodies by holding everything in. This automatically causes us to panic bringing stress upon ourself putting us in a negative mind frame. Stress will cause us to become depressed, angry , sickly or suicidal if taken in an negative way, but if perceived with

The effects of stress and heart disease is explained in a study Chida and Steptoe (2009), in which investigators looked at populations of people in healthy known areas, and assessed in total twenty five different studies. Anger and hostility has a positive relationship with coronary heart disease and was greater in men compared to women. Their findings also showed that individuals who had cardiac arrest and were resuscitated, twenty five percent admitted to feeling extremely stressed with work and family instances just twenty four hours before they had cardiac arrest. Daily activities that provoked moderate, acute stress demonstrated lower levels of blood supply to the hearts muscle. Deanfield et al. (1984)

veryone experiences stress atleast one time in their lives. The human body shows signs of stress in two different ways; firstly, the boost of hormones that elevate your heart rate, then your blood pressure starts to rise, and stops digestion, then secondly the symptoms you are aware of such as clenced teeth, headaches and emotional upset. (Southern Cross, 2013). The most reconginziable symptoms of stress are sleeping problems such as insomnia, heartburn, nail-biting, trouble focusing, nausea and many more, but there are also conditions that you wouldn’t know was associated with stress like anorexia and depression. (Henry, 2011). Acute and chronic stress are both different forms of stress responses. Acute stress is one of the most common forms

Although gross medical advancements have allowed the human population to live longer and fuller lives without the threat of death from infectious diseases, it is apparent that we are now dealing with a different phenomenon that may be just as harmful to our health. The impact of psychological, social and environmental factors from our daily lives is having a drastic impression on the mental and physical wellbeing of our society. It has been shown in various studies that psychological and neurological factors influence the immune system and can have an effect on our health (Breedlove, Rosenzweig & Watson, 2010). As we allow various stressors, poisonous substances, unhealthy diets and lack of rest to overwhelm our existence, we are

Stress can defiantly effect someones day and mood, it can alter your overall behavior and reaction to a certain situation. After creating a 4 day consecutive log of my stressors it made me realize different coping mechanisms that I could use when I am feeling overwhelmed. The first stressor I experienced was while I was at clinical. One of my patients came to the ER for pain in her pelvic region “she stated that she felt and heard a pop in her lower abdomen.” I then performed a transvaginal ultrasound on her(to rule out ovarian torsion), this ultrasound can be very uncomfortable especially if you are already in pain. Ovarian Torsion is a serious and critical matter it refers to the rotation of the ovary; occluding the ovarian artery and or

Stress generates autonomic and endocrine responses that promote physiological coping (Chrousos and Gold, 1992; Myers et al., 2013). Stress responses are initiated in part by brainstem noradrenergic (NE) neurons in the nucleus of the solitary tract (A2 region), as depletion of A2 NE neurons reduces pressor responses to psychosocial stressors (Duale et al., 2007; Daubert et al., 2012). Cardioavascular stress responses are likely mediated by rich A2 projections to central cardioregulatory circuits, including the ventrolateral medulla (Ross et al., 1985), preautonomic subdivisions of hypothalamic paraventricular nucleus (PVN) and/or the anteroventral subdivisions of the bed nucleus of the stria terminalis (BST) (Ricardo and Koh, 1978; Swanson and Sawchenko, 1982; Riche et al., 1990). The A2 region also sends direct projections to medial parvocellular corticotrophin-relasing hormone (CRH) (Sawchenko and Swanson, 1982) neurons, which are responsible for activation of hypothalamo-pituitary adrenocortical (HPA) axis responses (Plotsky et al.,

Existence of distinct links between psychological stressors and a persons’ overall health have been proven through various objective studies. The degree of the stress response can also be directly linked to the severity of its effects. Specific research indicates that stress is related to increased risk of improper immune system functioning, liver disease, and coronary artery disease.

Being a police officer you have to deal with a tons of stress. Stress is hard to understand because it can harm you physically and mentally which called physiologic stress and psychological stress. Physiological stress deals with natural effects on the person as in high blood pressure and heard disease. Psychological stress is hard to evaluate. There are also two main types of stress which are eustress which is positive and distress which is negative. Police officer work relates to distress because it leads to negative feelings and consequences. PTSD which is posttraumatic stress disorder is a mental health condition that is triggered by a terrifying event by experiencing it or even witnessing it. Many officer experience this disorder after

Moreover, chronic stress resulted to an increase in coronary heart disease. In many instances, stress is a consequence of our own choices like smoking, excessive drinking, sedentary and other faulty lifestyle that contributes to metabolic disorders such as elevated cholesterol, high blood pressure and diabetes.

Stress is defined by the National Institute of Mental Health as the brain 's answer to any demand. Many things can set off this reaction, including change. For most people, temporary levels of stress drop soon after the stimulus has passed. For others, the symptoms of anxiety continue well after the distressing circumstance is over (National Institute of Mental Health). Stress can lead to memory retention problems, and memory recall problems, in turn impacting ones work, social interactions, and eventually negatively impacting the quality of one’s life.

Psychological stress is pressure placed on a person to adapt, cope, or adjust to a situation (Rathus, 2016, p.284). The result of prolonged stress can affect a person’s mood, pleasure experience, and have harmful effects on physical health (Rathus, 2016, p.284). Society in the twenty first century places high demands on people. Technology makes it very difficult to separate work life, school life, and home life. Today, society places a high value on a busy lifestyle for individuals. For example, many places of business are open twenty-four hours a day. In addition to societal pressures, attending a university adds to the stressors a person may experience. Going to school not only includes classroom time but it also includes homework,

A substantial amount of Canadians experience stress in their lives. In fact, nearly one-quarter of the population over the age of 15 are stressed on a daily basis (Statistics Canada, 2013). Stress can be defined as a mental and emotional state of tension, in which one perceives the environment around them to be strenuous and overwhelming. Although some stress is necessary for survival, it can adversely affect both the physical and mental health. Its detrimental effects include but are not limited to: lack of confidence, concentration, motivation, decision making and increased heartrate, sweating, tension, as well as other physical and psychological problems such as headaches and insomnia (Canadian Mental Health Association, 2015). These health complications strongly emphasize the need for further research in ways to cope with, and reduce stress. Henceforth, the purpose of this paper is to use established research to better understand stress, then propose my own study that would investigate another stress-reduction method.