The accelerated pace of life that we lead generates stress, more and more people suffer the crazy pace imposed by the obligations they have assumed, we take care of many things at once, we want to do everything fast and This level of demand and the pressure to assume so many responsibilities end up sending the bill.
More and more research is exploring the consequences of prolonged stress on our body. The results indicate that putting ourselves in a stress-dominated state is very dangerous to our own health. It is very difficult to live a life without worries, but our attitude towards it. It is crucial Psychosomatic diseases are an example of the importance of our mental state and mind-body connection.
- Cortisol is a hormone produced by the adrenal gland and is released when we are stressed.
- On the other hand.
- When released for a long time.
- It puts our health at risk.
- Cortisol causes glucose to release into the bloodstream and then sends a lot of energy to the muscles.
- Aims to give us more energy in emergency situations.
When stress occurs at a certain time, the body regains its hormone levels; when the situation persists for a long time, undesirable symptoms such as:
All of these symptoms caused by cortisol over time can cause a pathology that is linked to disorders such as hyperthyroidism, various cardiovascular problems (angina, myocardial infarction), skin infections (herpes, psoriasis, eczema) and digestive diseases (ulcers, gastritis). .
These are physical illnesses that occur as a result of stress or any type of psychological discomfort that ends up being expressed as disease, DSM-5 categorized them as disorders of somatic symptoms and associated disorders Lack of physical or biological evidence explaining the Symptoms reported by the patient make it difficult to find effective treatment for the problem.
The symptoms that usually appear are different, but they are all pockets of discomfort and hinder the normal development of daily life, these symptoms are not associated with a physical cause that explains them, so it is important to detect that it is a psychosomatic disease in to find a solution, taking the patient to a mental health specialist.
Symptoms can be generalized or specific and are sometimes identified as normal sensations (such as feeling hungry) or confused with symptoms characteristic of benign diseases (such as a cold). The most common symptom reported in this type of patient is pain.
According to the Heart Institute of Texas, stress is one of the factors that increases the likelihood of cardiovascular disease. Stress increases heart rate and blood pressure, increasing the need for heart oxygen.
The journal Nature published an article that claimed to have a direct relationship between stress and cancer. Experiments carried out by Tian Xu revealed that “stressed” cells can emit signals that lead to the generation of tumors, affecting nearby healthy cells. The positive side of this discovery is the possibility of having a new way to fight cancer, by intercepting and blocking the stress signals that cells exchange.
A group of Argentine researchers identified stress in their research as a trigger for the onset of dementia, according to the group led by Dr. Reich, stress can cause a degenerative process in the brain and project it onto the neuroendocrine and immune system. does not involve direct causality, it would be interesting to continue investigating the extent to which this relationship exists.
One way or another, what seems obvious is that a constant state of overactivation in the body destroys our defenses and makes us increasingly susceptible to contracting the disease, this cause does not seem to be reflected in any electromagnetic resonance, so the identification of the origin of psychosomatic disease is very complicated and often patients reject it.