STOP STRESSING, START LIVING
Effects of Stress
Stressing is bad!
Stress can disrupt you body's functions in many ways. It might start as simple headaches sore eyes but it leads to deadly diseases and things that can make you die.
Respiratory System
Stress can affect your respiratory system in many ways:
- faster breath
- faster heart pump
- raised blood pressure
- higher risk of stroke or heart attack
Circulatory System
Stress can affect your circulatory system in many ways:
- causes irregular heartbeat
- chest pain
- constriction of blood vessels
- high blood pressure
- heart disease
- heart attack
- stroke
Muscular System
Stress can affect your muscular system:
- muscles tense up to protect themselves
- muscles tighten
- tight muscles cause- headaches, back and shoulder pain, body aches
Digestive System
Stress can affect your digestive system:
- liver produces extra blood sugar
- rush of hormones
- rapid breathing
- increased heart rate
- nausea, vomiting, stomach ache
Immune System
Stress can affect your immune system:
- weakens the system
- creates chronic inflammatory conditions
- lowers the immunity
Skeletal System
Stress can affect your skeletal system:
- decreased bone density
- joint malfunction
Nervous System
The system that is affected the most when under stress
Long term effects
- anxiety
- panic attacks
- depression
- insomnia
Skin
Stress can affect the skin a lot. It serves a barrier against infection and injury
- hair loss
- brittle nails
- ACNE
- chronic skin disorders
- inability to heal wounds
- skin infections
Excretory System
This system removes waste from the body in order to remain the body's homeostasis:
- kidney stones
- bladder infections
- kidney infections
HOMEOSTASIS
Homeostasis is the body's ability to stay stable. It can change as the body temperature changes or the body senses danger. The human body is never fully free from stress so it is never fully stable. Stress increases blood pressure and blood glucose which that unstables the body.