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Psychological stress 'increases risk of stroke' Psychological stress 'increases risk of stroke'. Depressive symptoms in particular, but also chronic stress in life, increase the risk of older people having a stroke or transient ischemic attack, says researchers, who found feelings of hostility, but not anger, were also a risk factor for cerebrovascular disease.
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A TIA is a temporary blockage of blood flow to the brain. The blockage causing the TIA may get pushed downstream or may be broken up by natural clot-dissolvers (called anticoagulants) in the blood, so the blockage is not in place long enough to cause any lasting damage to the brain. Blood flow is restored quickly. Without blood flow, brain tissue can be injured.
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Migraine and TIA Migraines and TIA. TIA is the short name for transient ischemic attack, which is sometimes called a mini-stroke or a warning stroke. A TIA happens because a blood clot momentarily clogs an artery. This temporarily prevents vital blood from getting to a portion of the brain. The lack of fresh blood cause symptoms to come on and then go away quickly when blood flow is restored. When the TIA is over there is no lasting, long-term brain damage that is seen with a stroke.
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Stress DOES have an impact on cancer: Anxiety switches on a gene that speeds up the spread of the disease Stress fuels cancer by triggering a 'master switch' gene which allows the disease to spread, according to new research. The 'unexpected' discovery could lead to the development of drugs that target the protein and stop tumours spreading to other organs and causing death.
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Stress Linked to Stroke “Our findings indicate that people can lower their stroke risk by attempting to reduce the stress in their lives,” says researcher Ana Maria Garcia, MD, of the Hospital Clinico Universitario San Carlos in Madrid.
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- My cardiologist said that when the brain is 'in shock' even briefly during a TIA, you can have symptoms...especially when one feels a bit of stress that a stroke may be impending and an asprin a day is all you have to work with.
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Anxiety  In-Depth Report 1 This restricts blood flow to the heart. 2  The emotional effects of stress alter the heart rhythms, which could pose a risk for serious arrhythmias (rhythm abnormalities) in people with existing heart rhythm disturbances.  Stress causes the blood to become stickier (possibly in preparation for potential injury).
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Can stress cause migraines? Stress can trigger both migraine and tension-type headache. Events like getting married, moving to a new home, or having a baby can cause stress. But studies show that everyday stresses—not major life changes—cause most headaches.
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Stress and Blood Glucose Levels Effect of long stress on blood glucose levels. It is important to be aware that repeated episodes of stress can cause serious changes in blood sugar levels, making it harder for diabetics to manage their condition and increasing the risk of hypoglycemia (low blood sugar).
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Stress and Hypertension: Symptoms and Treatment The transient elevation of blood pressure that regularly occurs in response to stress is most likely due to increased sympathetic-adrenal medullary activities. Along with this, there is a heightened state of anxiety and tension.
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Musculoskeletal System Once the acute stress episode has passed, the body returns to its normal state. Chronic stress, or a constant stress experienced over a prolonged period of time, can contribute to long-term problems for heart and blood vessels. The consistent and ongoing increase in heart rate, and the elevated levels of stress hormones and of blood pressure, can take a toll on the body. This long-term ongoing stress can increase the risk for hypertension, heart attack or stroke.
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- A transient ischemic attack (TIA) results from a sudden, temporary lack of blood flow to your brain. This can cause symptoms similar to a stroke, such as weakness, difficulty speaking, and numbness. The main difference between a TIA and a stroke is that the symptoms of a TIA occur quickly and last for a short amount of time.
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Transient Ischemic Attack A transient ischemic attack (TIA) is an acute episode of temporary neurologic dysfunction that results from focal cerebral, spinal cord, or retinal ischemia, and is not associated with acute tissue infarction.The clinical symptoms of TIA typically last less than 1 hour and often last for less than 30 minutes, but prolonged episodes can occur.
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1. Relaxing after stress It’s because as the tension of the week subsides, your levels of stress hormones drop, which causes a rapid release of neurotransmitters (the brain’s chemical messengers). These send out impulses to blood vessels to constrict and then dilate, which causes a headache. How to fix it: Avoid the temptation to sleep in at weekends.
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StressâYes, It Really Can Trigger a Heart Attack During moments of high stress, your body releases hormones such as norepinephrine, which the researchers claim can cause the dispersal of bacterial biofilms from the walls of your arteries. This dispersal can allow plaque deposits to suddenly break loose, thereby triggering a heart attack.
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Can Stress Cause High Blood Pressure? Research shows that short-term stress in response to a daily life event can cause blood pressure to rise temporarily, but the stress itself does not cause hypertension and once the stressful situation passes, BP returns to normal.
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Heart Disease and Stress: What's the Link? The stress itself can be a problem. It raises your blood pressure, and it's not good for your body to constantly be exposed to stress hormones. Studies also link stress to changes in the way blood clots, which makes a heart attack more likely. The way you handle stress also matters.
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- TIA by the numbers. TIAs are usually caused by one of three things: Low blood flow at a narrow part of a major artery carrying blood to the brain, such as the carotid artery. A blood clot in another part of the body (such as the heart) breaks off, travels to the brain, and blocks a blood vessel in the brain. Narrowing of the smaller blood vessel in the brain, blocking blood flow for a short period of time; usually caused by plaque (a fatty substance) build-up.
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Stress and Hypertension: Symptoms and Treatment Of the various causes or contributors to hypertension, stress can be shown to aggravate almost all. This includes salt sensitive hypertension (in both humans and animals), obesity, caffeine consumption, cigarette smoking, excessive alcoholic intake, and especially hypertension in blacks.
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How Stress Affects Your Heart and Gut Health Insulin resistance can lead to type 2 diabetes and hardening of the arteries. PTSD sufferers also had higher rates of metabolic syndrome — a collection of risk factors that raise your risk of heart disease, such as high body fat, cholesterol, blood pressure and blood sugar levels.
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- Tia (transitory ischemic attack) happens when blood supply to a certain area of the brain gets cut off temporarily. This causes a neurologic deficit - weakness, numbness, visual deficit or difficulty with speech.
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Transient ischaemic attack (TIA) Risk factors for TIA and stroke. Some of the risk factors for TIA and stroke are outside the person’s control, such as advancing age, gender (men are more likely than women to experience stroke) and family history. However, most risk factors can be attributed to lifestyle factors and can be changed.
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Transient Ischemic Attack (TIA, Mini-Stroke) 1 The risks for TIA are the same as for heart attack, stroke, and peripheral artery disease, and include smoking, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, diabetes, and family history.
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- Proof that stress really does cause heart attacks: Adrenaline can increase white blood cell production which can cause ruptures. Extra white blood cells can cause inflammation in people whose arteries are already thickened with plaque.
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Transient Ischemic Attack (TIA, Mini-Stroke) 1 A transient ischemic attack (TIA) is a brief interruption of blood flow to part of the brain that causes temporary stroke-like symptoms.  The risks for TIA are the same as for heart attack, stroke, and peripheral artery disease, and include smoking, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, diabetes, and family history.