As the budget speech can only be described as hell in a hand basket, it is sure to increase the stress level of every South African.
According to Healthline – a site you can depend on to provide expert content along with genuine caring. Both of which will support, guide, and inspire you towards the best possible health outcomes for you and your family.
Here are a few effects that stress has on your body.
• “Central Nervous and Endocrine Systems”
Your central nervous system (CNS) controls your body and decides whether to fight or flight.
When the fright is over, the CNS should tell all the systems to return back to normal. If it fails to go back to normal, over time this will have a negative effect on the body.
Symptoms of chronic stress include irritability, anxiety and depression. You may suffer from headaches or insomnia.
“Chronic stress is a factor in some behaviours like overeating or not eating enough, alcohol or drug abuse, or social withdrawal”
• “Respiratory and Cardiovascular Systems”
The hormones you experience because of stress affects your respiratory and cardiovascular systems.
As you stress, you will tend to breath faster as your body needs to spread oxygen and blood to your body core faster. When stressed, breathing can get difficult if you have asthma of emphysema.
Your heart also pumps faster and start working overtime. This can lead to strokes, heart attacks and stress related heart diseases.
• “Digestive System”
When stressed, your liver tend to make extra glucose to provide you with more energy.
The body then absorbs unused glucose. Your body may then not be able to cope with this excessive amount of glucose, which results in type 2 diabetes.
“You might experience nausea, vomiting or a stomach ache. Stress can affect the way food moves through your body, leading to diarrhoea or constipation”
• “Muscular System”
When stressed, your muscles tighten for protection against injury.
Tight muscles cause headaches, back and shoulder pain and body aches.”
• “Sexuality and Reproductive System”
Stress increases a man’s sexual drive in short term because of the male hormone testosterone being produced.
Women’s menstrual cycle, on the other hand may occur in irregular cycles or appear to be very heavy and painful.
• “Immune System”
Stress helps balance out your immune system but if you suffer from chronic stress, you will tend to be more prune to diseases and infections.
It also can increase the time it takes to recover from illness or injury.”
Source: www.healthline.com
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