Do you know what exactly happens in our body when we undergo
stress?
Here is an interesting study conducted on prisoners of the World
War II, and it was found that
the risk of developing peptic ulcer
among them was twice higher than
that of the controls. There are several other cases like stress induced
hypertension, diabetes, bronchial
asthma, infections etc. that comes
to an O.P. This might make one
think why stress can cause several
clinical disorders. We shall know
why this happens in the last part of
this article.
Imagine that you have met with
an accident. What happens next?
The adrenal gland which is located
just above the kidneys, responds to
the accident by releasing an emergency hormone known as adrenaline into the bloodstream. This hormone helps in combating daily life
stress by changing the body physiology. The adrenaline decreases the
flow of blood to the gut and shunt
the blood to the body muscles
to tackle the tough situation the
In our daily life we often undergo
stressful situations. There is no
avoiding them. The st ɕ