Stress Less
What is the body's reaction to chronic stress?
Stress can have effects on various organs and tissues all over the body by causing or aggravating existing conditions.
Hair: high levels of stress may cause excessive hair loss and some forms of baldness
Brain: mental and emotional problems such as insomnia, headaches, mental and emotional problems, personality changes, irritability, depression and anxiety
Mouth: ulcers, excessive dryness
Heart: cardiovascular disease and hypertension are linked to chronic stress
Lungs: high levels of stress can adversely affect individuals with asthma
Muscles: pains in the neck, shoulder, lower back, various aches, twitches
Digestive tract: gastritis, stomach ulcers, irritable colon, ulcerative colitis
Reproductive Organs: menstrual disorders, sexual dysfunction
Skin: outbreaks such as psoriasis and eczema