| json_metadata | "{"app":"Musing","appTags":["Stress"],"appCategory":"Stress","appTitle":"What are the damages that stress can do to the body?","appBody":"<p>Stress is the way the body reacts to change that requires a response. Stress affects the body and also the mind both physically, psychologically, emotionally and otherwise. Stress has its good effects but excess stress is a danger to both body and mind. Some side effects of stress includes:</p><p>1. Insomnia</p><p>2. Depression</p><p>3. Fatigue</p><p>4. Low sex drive</p><p>5. Restlessness</p><p>6. Lack of motivation</p><p>7. Poor judgement</p><p>8 lack of appetite.</p><p>Chronic stress can be very hazardous as it can lead to some serious health problems such as</p><p>1. Obesity. Prolonged stress causes the body to produce the stress hormone known as cortisol. Cortisol causes an increase in appetite leading to overeating and most times what you crave for and foods high in calories, sweetness and this cause a significant increase in body weight.</p><p>2. Memory loss. Stress hormone when released also affects the hippocampus, the area in the brain responsible for storing old memories and creating new memories making it difficult to remember things. This stress most times are as a result of traumatic event in ones life.</p><p>3. Skin problems. Stress causes a spike in androgen, s sex hormone leading to break out of acne on the face. It also affects the immune system, causing rashes and other skin problems.</p><p>4. Gastrointestinal problems: stress can impact the hormones released by thyroid gland that regulates metabolism. When the body is stressed it reverts to a fight or flight mode and this usually affects digestion leading to constipation.</p><p>5. Cardiovascular diseases: when stressed, oxygen is not well supplied to the heart because of the construction of the muscles and this causes blood pressure to rise leading to a likely heart attack or stroke.</p>","appDepth":2,"appParentPermlink":"f3ltychd5","appParentAuthor":"clintonclinton","musingAppId":"aU2p3C3a8N","musingAppVersion":"1.1","musingPostType":"answer"}" |
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