Stress,
as the strain felt by somebody which can be physical, emotional or mental and
it can be caused by anxiety or overwork it can have a devastating effect in our
body system majorly in about nine areas which are; the head, skin, heart,
stomach, pancreas, intestine, reproductive system (in both male and female),
immune system, joints and muscles.
Stress can
accrue from our various dad-to-day activities, as a student, a company worker,
service provider. businessman/woman we go through several activities daily and
sometimes we hardly have enough time to rest after our daily activities and as
this cycle continues day in day out, the result keeps accumulating in the body
system though, it may not show any significant sign and we still feel we are
fit to continue in our daily activities but, unknowing this is gradually
affecting the biological clock of our body, altering the normal body
functionality.
The image below explains how the stress affects various parts of our body, the most important is the Body Immune System
(Body Defensive Mechanism) this can leads to various health issues in the body
because, once the body immune system is compromised , the body system becomes
vulnerable to different small diseases and illnesses and if care is not taken
this condition can degenerate and other chronic health conditions can set in
and this might eventually leads to death.
(image source: conscious life news)
Severe mental conditions can also
results from too much stress to the nervous system in the body characterized
with concentration problem and anxiety.
In the heart, stress
can leads to increased blood pressure, thereby causes faster heart beats, this
condition can leads to increased risk of heart attack and stroke.
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