They link Alzheimer's with stress

The chronic stress is one of the symptoms found in the clinical history of people who develop Alzheimer's in adulthood, he pointed Jorge González Olvera , Researcher of Medical Sciences of the National Institute of Psychiatry "Ramón de la Fuente Muñiz".


In this regard, the health specialist indicated that the stress it is the response of the organism to threatening situations or that generate concerns such as the fact of being operated on by surgery, and that manifest themselves with changes in the ability to concentrate, increase in blood pressure , difficulties to regulate emotions and alterations in the cycle of dream .

According to doctor Gonzalez, one of the most important consequences that people with stress is the depression . When there is damage in the hippocampus, there are problems in the memory , concentration and in the regulation of emotions .

The situations that cause this condition are labor pressures, abuse or family problems, which generate a catastrophic expectation in people.

The stress You have three phases, the first is acute or immediate, which is when the person releases adrenalin and the tension increases, the heart rate increases along with the blood pressure .

The second is the alarm phase, in which the person remains stressed even when there is no pressure.
The third is when the brain secretes a hormone called glucocorticoid , which is responsible for the deterioration in different regions of the mind .

The health expert commented that the treatment to lower the levels of stress it's based on behavioral therapy or autogenic training , which serves for the attention of anxiety, as well as identify the thoughts that distort the answers and learn to modulate the changes in the organism as the muscle tension .
 


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