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Title: Explain how stress affects the immune system. Identify three health issues or disorders that can ... Post by: nichania on Apr 22, 2018 Explain how stress affects the immune system. Identify three health issues or disorders that can develop as a result.
Title: Re: Explain how stress affects the immune system. Identify three health issues or disorders that can ... Post by: Tiana_Kailynn on Apr 24, 2018 - Stress triggers the same response as an infection; but it begins in the body as the brain is signaled that the body is sick
1. Heart disease: the liver is shut down when sympathetic nervous system activated; can't clean out cholesterol and plaque from bloodstream 2. Cancer: immune system is suppressed under stress, preventing body from detecting/fighting cancer 3. Type 2 diabetes: stress causes weight gain which contributes to diabetes |