Dear MEL Topic Readers,
Stress doesn’t just affect your bladder. It can hijack your overall health
When you encounter a life-threatening danger like a fire or attack, adrenaline is released, heart rate and blood pressure are increased, and senses are heightened to react to the immediate threat. These reactions to short-term stress are essential for your survival. When the stress continues, Cortisol, the stress hormone, is released to cope with sustained stress by increasing blood sugar and enhancing the brain’s focus and memory, while setting aside digestion, fertility, and immunity. So, if stress becomes chronic, your mind and body continue to stay in high alert and in this irregular mode, which could disrupt your immune system, impair metabolism, affect your mood and sleep, and cause chronic inflammation. A zebra may face a survival challenge when it is chased by a predator, but such stress won’t last long. But humans often bother themselves with mental stress, which cannot be solved in a short time, and causes long-term stress. Indeed, chronic stress, such as financial hardship, chronic illness, strained relationships, grades and appraisals, and a dissatisfying job, could cause health problems. Physical and mental health seem to be interconnected.
Read the article and learn what chronic stress does to your health.
https://edition.cnn.com/2025/04/16/health/stress-urological-health-wellness/index.html
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