stress2.gif (5848 bytes) The body's defenses against stress are very complex. Our heart rate increases, we perspire more, we feel tense as our muscles receive more blood supply and our digestive system slows - all in preparation for a "flight or fight" situation.

What are the physiologic causes of these symptoms?

Short term, these stress effects attempt to protect us from dangerous situations. But when we feel this stress day in and day out,the long term effects of these responses begin to become pathlogical and disease processes begin to develop.

Be sure and study the diseases that are related to stress! 

 

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