Stress and Health – diseases and prevention

 

The state of the Mind can be judged by the emotions of the individual. Increase in life style related diseases are mainly due to stress and strain in daily life.

 

 

Signs and Symptoms of Stress and Anxiety:

 

1. Rapid heart beats

 

2. Faster breathing

 

3. Dryness of the throat and mouth

 

4. Increased Muscle tension

 

5. Perspiration

 

6. Trembling of the extremities (legs and hands)

 

7. A sinking feeling in the stomach

8. Goose pimples, etc;

 

 

This is a sole characteristic of the emotional stress and in which body must prepare for action:
 

Fight or Flight (Some of the above responses may also occur during joyful excitement or sexual arousal).
 

The above sort of prolonged heightened emotional feeling (stress) can impair individual mental capacity and health also.

 

 

10 diseases due to Stress:

 

Stress plays a major or minor role as a causative factor in the following 10 diseases.
 

 

1. Asthma
 

2. ACNE
 

3. Allergies
 

4. Migraine (headache),
 

5. High blood pressure,
 

6. Ulcers
 

7. Heart diseases
 

8. Obesity (due to over eating)
 

9. Pre-menstrual tension in females
 

10. Rheumatoid arthritis

 

 

Factors which help to control the severity of the stress are:

 

1. Imagination power: If one is mentally prepared for an event which is going to occur, one is less affected by the stress.

 

2. Time factor: If we have financial problems and these may overcome in a short period of time, certainly one is less affected by present hardship.

 

3. Cognitive evolution: Two persons receive the same event in two ways, for example, Child birth.

 

4. Self confidence: Persons having more self-confidence face the challenges that occur in day to day life boldly.

 

5. Believe in God: Have faith in GOD (the Almighty), as faith moves mountains, as one gets mental peace, sincerely believing in GOD.