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Stressful Social Situations May Be Physically Harmful in Some

Discussion in 'Other Health News and Research' started by *GG*, Oct 15, 2010.

  1. *GG*

    *GG* senior member

    Concord, NH
    If immune system reacts with inflammation, repeated stress can lead to chronic disease, study finds








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    The American Psychological Association outlines the different types of stress.
    -- Robert Preidt

  2. *GG*

    *GG* senior member

    Concord, NH
    Thought some people might find this interesting, I thought of some people on this forum, who have anxiety issues etc...
  3. Marco

    Marco Grrrrrrr!

    Near Cognac, France
    Or is our oxidative stress to blame for any anxiety or other 'mood disorders'?

    "There is increasing evidence that oxidative stress in neurons is involved in pathological manifestations of many neurological disorders. Thus, there is a need to evaluate the direct effects of oxidative stress on anxiety-related behavior."

    "Overall, the present study shows that oxidative stress leads to anxiety-like behavior in mice; this is reversed by PDE2 inhibition through increased cGMP-PKG signaling. Therefore, PDE2 may be a novel pharmacological target for treatment of anxiety in neuropsychiatric and neurodegenerative disorders that involve oxidative stress."
  4. Athene


    I definitely think this happens to me, not from stressful situations like giving presentations (which I did a lot in the past) but from certain people who make themselves very obstructive or obnoxious, either in a work context or, nowadays, with regard to my medical treatment.

    The Lyme clinic I recently stayed at explained this chronic inflammation situation, and also gave us a diet of anti-inflammatory foods (and of course inflammatory foods to avoid) as well as other lifestyle factors which will increase/reduce chronic inflammation, which is a major factor in all chronic infections.
  5. Berthe

    Berthe Senior Member

    near Antwerp
    This also refers to what dr. Glaser was telling on the first day, science day, of the CFSAC meeting. If you are interested in the subject there have been written books about the subject. Sue Gerhardt; Why love matters. This book is based on the work of Allan N. Schore. Absolutely interesting.

  6. Angela Kennedy

    Angela Kennedy

    Essex, UK
    Ok - usual caveats about this sort of research.

    How strong is the correlation? Is a weak correlation leading to the correlation equals causation fallacy? The spiel looks like that

    How are psycho-social stressors like 'awkward' situations in a voluntary exercise defined apart from each other, and apart from physical stressors. Illness, injury (including minor), sexual intercourse, heat, cold, frustration at not finding your keys etc. and just general living do not have different effects that can be quantified with precision as yet, and may never.

    Stress is a highly unsafe psychogenic explanation for illness per se. Stress has been claimed for ever-increasing amounts of physiological impairment- but it usually utilises a 'black box' explanation to downplay the lack of knowledge or substantiative evidence for such claims.

    There's so much wrong with these sorts of explanations.
  7. pictureofhealth

    pictureofhealth XMRV - L'Agent du Jour

    If this research turns out to be true, I would be fascinated to know how forcefully locking someone in a psychiatric ward (as happens to some severely ill ME patients in the UK), ostracising them, refusing to feed them when they are too weak to feed themselves, telling them they don't have an illness they have and forcing them into increased activity they cannot tolerate - is going to reduce the inflammation? Some of these patients have died as a result of the additional stress and most have completely lost their trust in the medical profession's capacity to care at all.
    Not v healing is it?

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