How Can I Deal With Stress
Health Encyclopedia: Stress Highlights
- Stress - Highlights
- Introduction
- The Body's Response
- Complications
- Conditions with Similar Symptoms
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Highlights
Stress affects most people to some degree. Acute (sudden, short-term) stress leads to rapid changes throughout the body. These changes could prove beneficial in a critical, life-or-death situation. Over time, however, repeated stressful situations put a strain on the body that may contribute to both physical and psychological problems. Chronic (long-term) stress can have real health consequences, and should be addressed like any other health concern.
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Expert & Community Posts
Stressed Out - Defining Stress Incontinence
By Jasmine Schmidt , Health Expert...discussing incontinence, I'm always quick to define "stress incontinence" as a physical stress... Read more »
Stress, Anxiety, and Exercise
By Jerilyn Ross, M.A., L.I.C.S.W. , Health Expert...ten adults in the United States say they experience stress or anxiety daily, and most say it... Read more »
How to Control Your Anxiety, Worry, and Stress
By Jerilyn Ross, M.A., L.I.C.S.W. , Health Expert...our mental health and well-being, especially during stressful economic times. But we all know... Read more »
How About National Stress Øut Season?
By Jerilyn Ross, M.A., L.I.C.S.W. , Health Expert...announcement of our annual college campaign called National Stress Øut Day. The campaign's goal... Read more »
Acute Stress vs. Chronic Stress
By Eileen Bailey , Health ExpertStress can come from many different places and be short-lived or long-lasting. Based on the factors... Read more »
Health Guide
Asthma and Stress Management
Stress can wreck havoc on your health. And if you have asthma, you no doubt know that stress can cause asthma symptoms. The signs and symptoms of stress range from the benign to the dramatic – from... Read more »Stress Part 8: Working With Anxiety
Anxiety is so linked to stress that we tend to use the two interchangeably. This may work in ordinary conversation, but for our own understanding it is worth splitting hairs:Think of stress as what... Read more »Stress Part II: When the Brain Overreacts
...the world may seem threatening most of the time. In short, we are living in a constant state of stress. We are living in our emotions. The thinking parts of the brain are in thrall to the... Read more »Stress Triggers
No matter how hard you try, stress will sneak into your life when you least expect it. Whether at home or on the job, there will be times when stress will rear its ugly head. If you find that... Read more »Stress Part 6: Managing Your Life
The other day, I took an online stress test. This one, devised by Richard Rahe MD of the University of Washington, asks interested parties to check off life events that occurred in the previous six... Read more »Images
Medications
...additional corticosteroids, especially if your body is stressed due to a major infection,... Read more »
...disorder (OCD), anxiety disorders, post-traumatic stress disorder, and a severe form of ... Read more »
... obsessive compulsive disorders, post-traumatic stress disorder, social anxiety disorder... Read more »
...doctor may recommend some lifestyle changes such as stress-reducing programs, diet changes and... Read more »
...digestive disorders may include lifestyle changes such as stress reduction programs, exercise,... Read more »
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