Stress the Main Cause Flu

Stress is known to weaken the immune system, especially in saaat someone overworked or emotionally fatigued. One result of a weak immune system is the body susceptible to colds. Not only that, your body will also be susceptible to some diseases, such as eczema and headaches.

A new research study says there is a biological process of identification that can explain the relationship of life stress - such as money problems or divorce - which can cause viral diseases, such as flu.

"Stress causes a person's cells become less sensitive to the hormone cortisol," says lead researcher Sheldon Cohen, Ph.D., professor of psychology at Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh. "They can not regulate the body's response. Therefore, when they are exposed to the virus, they are more easily infected with the flu."Most of the studies focused on stress triggers the hormone cortisol. This hormone is released by the adrenal gland when a person feels threatened or anxious. One way to reduce labor while cortisol is the body's immune system and in particular to the inflammatory response in order to release energy in the face of threats.

Cohen and colleagues tested their theory in an experiment published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. The team interviewed 276 healthy men and women regarding the source of psychological stress in their lives, including work situations that are not happy, long-term conflict with family or friends, or the legal and financial issues, as well as other problems that cause them pain.

Cohen noted the study, key factors that influence a person's body vulnerable to disease depends on the sensitivity of the immune system. This study shows that stress can weaken the body's response to the hormone cortisol that causes inflammation of the flu can spread rapidly.

The fact of cortisol is believed to suppress inflammation. However, according to the study, it still presents a puzzle. For people who are chronically stressed tend to have higher cortisol. While sneezing, sniffing, and coughing when someone stress is the body's response against virus attacks.
(tempo.co)