Stress & Heart
Disease
Stress and Heart Disease, Are They Linked?
It has long known belief that stress and heart disease go
hand in hand, but finding a conclusive consensus among medical
professionals has not been successful. There are many different
types of stress, and how the stress affects each person differently,
hence makes it difficult to offer a blanket explanation of
the effects of stress and heart disease.
Basically, stress is described as a condition, or feeling,
experienced when a person believes that demands exceed the
personal or social resources the individual can handle. Not
all stress is necessarily bad, it just depends on how a person
deals with stress.
To claim that stress and heart disease are combined, then,
let¡¯s now look at the two main types of stress. Physical stress
is a stress that you put on your body by exercising and emotional
stress is the type a person may feel if they lose, or beyond
control of a situation.
Stress does cause an excretion of adrenaline into the blood
stream and adrenaline has been identified as a cause in blood
clotting. It is argued that since the stress caused the adrenaline
rush and the adrenaline rush caused the heart disease, and
this is how stress and heart disease linked together.
A person who is always under long-term emotional are more
likely to start smoking or drinking and living an inactive
lifestyle, and often seek food as a comfort against stress.
It is known that these lifestyle behaviors notably contribute
to the risk of heart disease, so the way a person deals with
their stress may determine which heart disease risk factors
are increased.
Many of those in senior management positions seem to succeed
in the stress environment and show no signs of stress and
heart disease. While others, outside the realm of higher responsibilities
seem to suffer more ailments. In this situation, it is believed
that part of the reasoning for this is that senior officials
have more control over their lives and the circumstances that
rule them. While the stress of the job may be overwhelming,
they remain self-satisfied because they have control over
their life.
Those who answer to the bosses believe they are not in control
of their future or current job, and this is a major source
of stress. Stress management program usually involve some
sort of exercise program or offer specific dietary adjustment.
Although there is no scientific proof that stress and heart
disease are closely related, a good diet and exercise regimen
are always helpful to reduce the risk factors.
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