The Different Ways Stress Affects Your Body

Can Trigger Other Health Issues

As though victims of stress need yet another thing about which to stress, the very chronic stress itself can be making them sick. It also exacerbates almost any possible health condition. Studies have shown stress seems likely to increase the risk of or worsen conditions like heart disease, obesity, Alzheimer's disease, depression, diabetes, asthma, and gastrointestinal problems. It can cause headaches, chest pain, fatigue, changes in the sex drive, anxiety, lack of focus or motivation, and a feeling of being overwhelmed. It can also lead to menstrual problems, hair and skin problems, acne, hair loss, psoriasis, and eczema, and irritable colon. Chronic stress quite simply wears down the body's mechanisms by taxing them brutally and thus can trigger other health issues.