In a recent study reported in Diabetic medicine it was shown that men who suffer from psychological distress are 2.2 times more likely to develop type 2 diabetes. Significantly this was not the case for women and further research is needed to find out why.
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TrackbackParents who care for children with developmental problems are likely to suffer from a reduced immune system. This reduction leaves them open to illness.
In a recent report produced by reasearchers at Birmingham University – reported in the journal Brain, Behavior, and Immunity – found that carers of children with developmental problems had a poorer immune response to a vaccine against pneumonia.
The reason for this? Increased stress.
You can read more about this story at:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/7513661.stm
Stress can have a deteremental effect on the immune system which has big implications for any sufferer.
The reduced immune system will leave you open to all kinds of problems and is likely to result in more absence from work. Coughs and colds as well as more serious problems are all made more likely and worse by stress.
The answer is to manage that stress effectively.
Comments rss TrackbackThere are as many different answers to the question of “what is stress?” as there are people in the world. What is stressful for one person is not for another. For instance many people find it hard to stand up in front of a group and speak yet others find this kind of thing very easy to do.
Psychologists talk about the ABC of stress.
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