How stress can affect an individual?

Distress can lead to physical symptoms including headaches, upset stomach, elevated blood pressure, chest pain, and problems sleeping. Research suggests that stress also can bring on or worsen certain symptoms or diseases.

What are the three most interesting facts you learned about stress today?

Knowing the signs and causes of stress can help you treat it.

• Stress is a hormonal response from the body.
• Women appear more prone to stress than men.
• Stress can overburden your mind with incessant worries.
• You may feel jittery from stress.
• Stress can make you feel hot.
• Being stressed can make you sweat.

What are the health issues that concern the world today?

Top 10 Most Common Health Issues

• Physical Activity and Nutrition.
• Overweight and Obesity.
• Tobacco.
• Substance Abuse.
• HIV/AIDS.
• Mental Health.
• Injury and Violence.
• Environmental Quality.

Can stress make you vomit?

Stress and anxiety can also trigger vomiting and a condition called “cyclic vomiting syndrome,” a condition in which people experience nausea and vomiting over an extended period of time — often, starting at the same time every day.

What is the situation happening when you are stressed?

Your heart pounds faster, muscles tighten, blood pressure rises, breath quickens, and your senses become sharper. These physical changes increase your strength and stamina, speed up your reaction time, and enhance your focus—preparing you to either fight or flee from the danger at hand.

What is the impact of stress in today’s society?

It is now known to contribute to heart disease, hypertension and high blood pressure, it affects the immune system, is linked to strokes, IBS (Irritable Bowel Syndrome), ulcers, diabetes, muscle and joint pain, miscarriage, allergies, alopecia and even premature tooth loss.

How stress can be your friend?

Stress is not the enemy. Health psychologist Kelly McGonigal says if you can change the way you think about it, it can even become your friend. McGonigal says people believe the visible signs of stress, like sweating and increased breathing, means that stress has taken over—that the body isn’t handling it well.