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Professional help should be sought if you suffer from it.
16/3/2023
Stress is a feeling of tension, which can be physical or emotional. It can be the result of thoughts or experiences. Being stressed people can feel angry, nervous, etc.
Although it is usually understood as a negative condition, it can also indicate the opposite. This is how he explains it Medline Plus, US National Library of Medicine website.
“Stress is your body’s reaction to a challenge or demand. In small episodes, stress can be positive, like when it helps you avoid danger or meet a deadline. But when stress lasts a long time, it can harm your health.”.
It is important to identify the symptoms of stress to seek professional help and prevent it from getting worse, since it can cause serious health problems such as hypertension, heart conditions, obesity, diabetes, among others.
The experts of Mayo Clinic, non-profit entity dedicated to clinical practice, education and research, points out some of the effects that stress can have and that can help warn about this condition in adults.
- Strain
- Dolor muscular
- Headache
- Chest pain
- Fatigue
- Stomach ache
- Change in sexual desire
- Sleeping problems
- Anxiety
- Concern
- Lack of motivation or focus
- feeling overwhelmed
- irritability or anger
- Sadness
- Depression
- Excessive food consumption
- Food consumption below normal
- outbursts of anger
- Drug addiction
- Alcoholism
- tobacco use
- Social isolation
- Exercise less frequently
In the case of children, the United Nations Children’s Fund (Unicef) reviews the symptoms that children can manifest when they are stressed. Although each child may present different signs, it is of great importance that parents and caregivers are attentive to changes in their behaviors or attitudes.
- Increased need to be close to caregivers
- behavior regression
- Changes in eating or sleeping habits
- increased irritability
- Increased hyperactivity
- intense fears
- more frequent tantrums
- more frequent crying
- Need to be close to adults
- behavior regression
- Changes in eating or sleeping habits
- increased irritability
- Difficulty concentrating
- Decreased or excessive activity or activity
- Loss of interest in the game
- Desire to assume adult roles
- Silence
- Anxiety or increased anxiety
- Retreat
- Concern for others affected by a particular event
- Changes in eating or sleeping patterns
- exacerbated fears
- increased irritability
- Aggressiveness
- Agitation
- Impaired memory and concentration
- Physical/psychosomatic symptoms
- Frequent evocation of the event or playing repetitive games
- Guilty feeling
- intense sadness
- Excessive concern for others
- Feeling of shame and guilt
- Increased questioning of authority
- Greater risk assumption
- Aggressiveness
- self destructive behavior
- feeling hopeless
The following are signs that should not be ignored and a doctor should be consulted immediately so that the child receives the appropriate professional attention:
- Withdrawal, reserve and immobility
- Fear in the presence of others
- Silence
- Extreme and constant worry
- Physical symptoms of discomfort: tremors, headaches, loss of appetite, tension and pain
- Aggressiveness, willingness to harm others
- confusion or disorientation
People with diabetes can sometimes feel discouraged, worried or frustrated. This can be caused by what is involved in caring for this disease. According to experts this is known as “diabetes distress”.
“Those overwhelming feelings, known as diabetes distress, can lead you to neglect yourself and engage in unhealthy habits, stop checking your blood sugar and even miss medical appointments. This happens to many, if not most, people with diabetes, often after years of managing diabetes well.. In any given 18-month period, between 33 and 50% of people with diabetes experience diabetic distress,” the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) explains.
It is important that patients with diabetes consult a doctor in case of presenting any symptoms of this condition.
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