Contents:
- Medical Video: 10 Warning Signs Your Heart Isn't Working Properly
- How can stress increase the risk of heart disease?
- 1. When stressed blood pressure increases
- 2. Make your mouth want always ngunyah, even when full
- 3. There is no passion for other activities
- 4. Tend to seek escape by making bad habits
- Then, how to manage stress well?
Medical Video: 10 Warning Signs Your Heart Isn't Working Properly
Stress is not always bad. Stress is the way the body protects itself from danger so that we stay focused, active, and always alert. Even so, don't let stress accumulate too long in your mind. The reason is, severe stress that gradually builds up can increase the risk of heart disease.
How can stress increase the risk of heart disease?
Basically, stress is not a direct cause of heart disease. It's just that people who have stress tend to be prone to heart disease, especially heart attacks or heart failure. But, not necessarily stress will directly lead to heart disease. If left to keep piling up and not being handled, then severe stress can only increase your risk of heart disease. Then, what is the reason?
1. When stressed blood pressure increases
The stress you experience will increase blood pressure. If stress is overcome, the blood pressure will return to normal and have no effect on the body. However, if stress does not go away and even gets worse, the blood pressure will remain high.
This high blood pressure which then causes a person at risk of heart disease. When high blood pressure, the blood flow is not smooth, so it can cause interference with the work of the heart.
Various studies have stated that high blood pressure is one of the risk factors for heart attack, heart failure, and even stroke.
2. Make your mouth want always ngunyah, even when full
Many people who experience prolonged stress actually make food as their escape. In addition, it is also proven if stress can increase appetite. This is related to the high hormone cortisol when stress occurs.
This hormone has the ability to increase appetite, thus making it overeating and uncontrolled. These foods certainly exceed the body's needs and cause more fat stacks. Well, this fat stack will make a person get heart disease.
Fat can make blood vessels clogged and eventually blood flow is not smooth. Then, heart function is disrupted.
3. There is no passion for other activities
If you're feeling stressed, you must be lazy to do other activities. It feels gloomy and sad all day. This condition makes you not do any physical activity. If it's only done for one day, it's fine.
However, if this condition lasts for a week, then for one week you do not do physical activity. Don't be surprised if your weight increases later when weighed. Because, a sedentary lifestyle or not doing physical activity at all will only make more body fat deposits.
And again, fat has the ability to clog your bloodstream and eventually the heart can't pump blood properly.
4. Tend to seek escape by making bad habits
Not only food, people who experience stress will find another escape that can make themselves comfortable, as well as consuming alhokol and smoking. These bad habits certainly increase the risk of various chronic diseases, not only the risk of heart disease.
Then, how to manage stress well?
There are several ways that the stress you experience is not protracted and does not cause other health problems, such as:
- Rest and stay away from things that make you stressed. Indeed all problems must be resolved, but it's good if you avoid first and find your own time to think about the next step. This doesn't mean you run away from problems, but it's better to solve the problem with a cold head.
- Exercise regularly. When exercising, your body secretes hormones that can reduce stress levels. Try to do 30 minutes of exercise per day.
- Find friends to chat with. This will make you not feel alone. After all, advice from friends might help your problem be resolved quickly.
