Some people say that when there is pressure, there is motivation.
But sometimes, stress can make your body overwhelmed.
Recently, a news that "a female college student in Changsha was poisoned by excessive pressure" attracted the attention of many people.
On January 5, a 21-year-old female university student in Changsha was taken to the hospital after suddenly experiencing shortness of breath, numb limbs, and unable to move on a bus platform.
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After the doctor's preliminary examination found that the woman was caused by excessive ventilation and respiratory alkalosis, the woman reported that she was recently busy with exam review, mental pressure is very high, only sleep 5-6 hours a day, resulting in mental tension has been tense, and eventually caused the disease.
What, the pressure is still fatal?
In fact, when the human body is threatened or stimulated, the human body will instinctively secrete a large amount of adrenaline, so that the body will enter a state of alert, and at this time you will have a rapid heartbeat and increase blood pressure.
If the body is in a state of readiness for a long time, the body will continue to secrete a large amount of cortisol, that is, the stress hormone.
Too many corticosteroids will reduce white blood cells, resulting in a decline in human immunity, which may cause shortness of breath, cardiac arrest and even shock.
What are the harms to the body from long-term stress?
First, the digestive function is reduced
The activity of the digestive tract is innervated by the nerve centers.
Once the pressure is too large, the secretion of various hormones in the body will be abnormal, and the nerve function will be disturbed, which will affect the overall digestive function, and it is easy for people to have a series of symptoms such as food accumulation, indigestion, abdominal pain, nausea, decreased appetite, and food reflux.
If the pressure is too high for a long time, the gastrointestinal mucosa will be seriously damaged, which can easily induce a series of gastrointestinal diseases.
In addition, it will also lead to damage to the health of the gallbladder, pancreas, liver and other parts, and the probability of a series of lesions will increase relatively, and even induce the emergence of cancer.
2. Nervous system abnormalities
For people who are too stressed, a series of neurological abnormalities are often manifested in daily life.
For example, insomnia and dreams at night, lack of energy and drowsiness during the day.
The patient's mood will also be affected, it is easy to appear irritable, irritable, anxious, or excessive tension and other states, the probability of suffering from anxiety disorders, depression will be particularly high.
If the long-term pressure is too high, it will also affect the normal metabolism of brain cells, resulting in impaired brain function. Moreover, it will make the nerve dysfunction, and it is easy to have a rapid decline in memory, difficulty concentrating, and sluggish thinking and reaction ability.
Third, the health of blood vessels is damaged
For people who have been under heavy pressure for a long time, the secretion of various hormones in the body will increase significantly.
Once these hormones are secreted in large quantities, they will lead to endocrine abnormalities, and will make the blood vessels of the whole body in a continuous spasm state, which can easily cause hypertension and reduce the elasticity of blood vessels, thus affecting the overall blood circulation.
Once the blood circulation rate slows down, the brain, heart, kidneys, gastrointestinal tract and other organs will have insufficient blood supply. The probability of inducing acute cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases will be particularly high, which will have a greater impact on health and even life.
Fourth, the immune function is low
For people with excessive long-term stress, the probability of suffering from various infectious diseases is many times higher than that of other groups.
Due to excessive long-term pressure, endocrine function will be disrupted, which will affect the normal functioning of various systems throughout the body. Moreover, it will reduce the platelets in the blood, which will seriously affect the body's immunity.
The body's own anti-viral barrier will be destroyed, and it is easy to infect some bacteria or viruses, resulting in various diseases.
For women, if the long-term pressure is too large, it will not only make the skin prematurely aging, but also the probability of breast diseases and gynecological diseases such as the uterus and ovaries will be very high.
For men, long-term pressure is too great, which will seriously affect the reproductive health of men.
When the body always appears inexplicably irritable, sleep badly, eat badly, essentially the survival instinct is telling us---- you are tired, you have to take a break.
Being aware of stress is an important step we can take.
Maybe it's time to get a good night's sleep; maybe you can eat a good meal; maybe relax once in a while...
Although we are now in an era of speed and success, and as the world cheers for "running with all our might," everyone is living more and more depressingly and exhaustingly.
Hopefully, one day, we too will have the courage to tell ourselves and our loved ones ----
It's okay to stop, don't get too tired!