What are the Diseases Caused by Stress?
The following list covers only the most common diseases where stress plays an
important role in the initiation, maintenance and/or exacerbation of the disease
entity.
o High Blood Pressure
o Ischemic Heart Disease
o Peptic Ulcer
o Irritable Bowel Syndrome
o Asthma
o Tension Headache
o Psychoneuroses
o Fatigue
o Insomnia
o Sexual Dysfunction
o Alcoholism
o Smoking
o Skin Diseases like Psoriasis, Urticaria, Neurodermatitis, Pruritus etc
(List incomplete)
To understand how stress affects different systems of the body and cause
diseases, go here.
Remember, these diseases are not caused solely by stress. Stress is only one of
the causes in their initiation . How stress initiates, exacerbates or plays a
role in maintaining these diseases can be deducted from the diagram shown here.
To sum up the causes and effects of stress on body and mind,
Living with perpetually stressed mind is.....
......like driving a car with your breaks on!
It Will:
- Break up energy
- Impair Skills
- Dull Perceptions,
and thus cause fatigue, ill-health and breakdown.
Remember-Life is not a hundred metre dash, but a cross country race!
And, nobody can run forever!
You have to take a little distance at a
time, take rest, recharge yourself and then move forward. Then , only then,
will you reach your goal safe and sound.