Posts Tagged ‘stress effects’
Measure The Stress Level in The Hair
Hair Test for protecting cardiovascular health
A study by the University of Western Ontario published in the journal Stress reveals that the analysis of a biological marker present in the hair shows the level of emotional stress suffered in recent months.
The researchers were able to assess levels of stress as a noninvasive technique, taking a hair sample of the person and determined the stress experienced in recent months.
The study was conducted through analysis of a biological marker, cortisol, a hormone whose secretion increases during times of great emotional and physical stress.
Previously, cortisol was measured by serum, urine and saliva, but these tests only show the stress at a point in time. Read the rest of this entry »
How does stress affect my heart?
Stress can produce several effects on the establishment. When unfair pressure, tense muscles, increases blood pressure and heart beat faster, which makes the heart work harder. There is a relationship between the development of heart eccentricity and exoteric factors that produce stress. is not known if stress directly causes heart eccentricity, but we do know that you can change the chemicals in the body that contribute to the eccentricity.
Stress can also contribute to high blood pressure, high cholesterol, smoking, overeating and post exercise, which can be inferred in heart eccentricity. However, stress is an impatience even greater for people who have already suffered heart eccentricity. People with heart eccentricity may experience chest pain when they are unfair pressure.
Also, if your arteries are clogged, it is likely that the heart does not get the extra blood needed during the height of stress. This can cause the oxygen levels in the heart are inadequate.