April Is Stress Awareness Month: Stress Can Kill You
Chronic stress is linked to chronic illness because stress literally affects various body systems, not just mental health. April is stress awareness month. […]
Can Imagining Stressful Events Before They Happen Toughen You?
Can imagining how you’d handle stressful situations, even emergencies, actually make you better at facing them in real life should they ever happen? […]
Can High Blood Pressure Ever Be Harmless?
Why can some people have uncontrolled high blood pressure for so long without any problems? Can it ever NOT harm the body (e.g., the person is fit and healthy otherwise in that they don’t smoke, [...]
Natural & Realistic Ways to Lower Cortisol, the Stress Hormone
Not everyone can get a dog or magically conjure up heavenly relationships to fight stress, so here are 6 REALISTIC ways to lower cortisol, the “stress hormone.” One of the key tactics in lowering the [...]
Dread Turning 50? How to Celebrate the Big 5-0 & Feel Young
Are you becoming increasingly despondent because your 50th birthday is coming up? It’s one thing to hear people tell you things like, “Some people never make it to 50,” or, “Pretend a decade is 12 [...]
Why Does Stress Cause Cold Hands?
Ever notice that in a warm room, your hands have suddenly gone cold? You’re sitting there at the computer—doing some kind of work, rather than relaxing with an entertaining story—and you begin noticing, “Gee, my [...]
Fluttering Feeling in Lower Stomach: Causes of “Butterflies”
Ever wonder exactly what IS going on inside the lower part of your stomach that causes the "butterfly" or fluttery feeling when you're feeling anxiety or fear? “A fluttering sensation in the lower abdomen is [...]
Can You Get Diarrhea Every Day from Stress?
You can have diarrhea every day from stress, says a GI doctor. “Diarrhea results from a normal amount of feces mixed with a greater than normal amount of water,” begins David D. Clarke, MD, President, [...]
Here’s How Mental Stress Causes Migraine Headaches
A doctor explains just HOW mental stress and anxiety create a migraine headache. David D. Clarke, MD, is president of the Psychophysiologic Disorders Association. Physical ailments from mental stress are a real phenomenon and can [...]
Can Stress Change the Color of Your Poops?
Here’s your answer to whether or not stress can change the color of your stools... ...an explanation from David D. Clarke, MD, President, Psychophysiologic Disorders Association, Clinical Assistant Professor of Gastroenterology Emeritus, Oregon Health & Science [...]
How Anxiety Leads to Frequent Urination
How anxiety causes you to urinate more is explained by a urologist. It’s no secret that there’s something about anxiety that causes more trips to the toilet to take a leak. But what’s really going [...]
Can Stress Cause PVCs During Calmer Periods?
Can the stress of your life actually cause spontaneous PVCs during those periods when you’re in a more relaxed mood? “PVCs may be caused by overall life stress, but are rarely caused by having a [...]
HOW Anxiety Causes PVCs
You already know that PVCs can be caused by anxiety, but just HOW does this mechanism occur? “PVCs, which are extra beats that occur commonly and if they occur in modest frequency are not necessarily [...]
Can Stress Cause an Extra Heartbeat?
This is about stress causing an extra heartbeat or the sensation of one, rather than the feeling of a skipped heartbeat. “Studies have shown that stress can cause a sensation of a skipped or extra [...]
Will Daily Aspirin Help Prevent a Stress Heart Attack?
It seems logical that a chronically stressed person could benefit from a daily aspirin in terms of helping prevent a heart attack, since aspirin is a blood thinner and stress thickens blood. I wondered about [...]
Does Stress Change the Brain to Cause a Stroke?
Could it be that chronic stress creates adverse changes in the brain that eventually lead to a stroke? An ischemic stroke is a blood clot in the brain that shuts off oxygen supply to the [...]
Can Anxiety Lead to Gum Disease?
The link between anxiety and stress to gum (periodontal) disease is nothing to ignore. Watch that anxiety: It can cause bad gums. Even the stress of loneliness can cause gum (periodontal) disease, says a study. [...]
How to Use Your Mind, Not Drugs to Stop Panic Attacks
You can stop a panic attack dead in its tracks with your MIND, without relying on drugs every again. I’ve had only two full-blown panic attacks because by the time I started to get a [...]
Can Anxiety and Stress Cause Insulin Resistance?
Wondering if insulin resistance can be caused by anxiety and emotional stress? “Insulin resistance is when insulin is no longer able to trigger the same physiological response as it once did, or as is normal,” [...]
Can Stress Cause a TIA (Transient Ischemic Attack)?
Stress absolutely can trigger a TIA, or transient ischemic attack, says John M. Kennedy, MD, medical director of preventative cardiology and wellness at Marina del Rey Hospital. So if you're at risk for a TIA, [...]
Angina Vomiting vs. from Bad Food or Anxiety
Is there a way to tell the difference between the vomiting from angina and that from anxiety or bad food? “Angina vomiting would be similar to any form of angina; that is, it would be [...]
HOW Sudden Stress Can Cause Fatal Heart Attack or Stroke
When someone says, “You stress me out so much you’re going to give me a heart attack,” maybe they’re onto something. Ever hear someone say, “All this stress is gonna give me a stroke!”? David [...]
Why Can Acute Stress Sometimes Cause Chest Pain?
Here's a cardiologist's explanation for how sudden stress can sometimes cause chest pain. It can feel like a heart attack, especially when you remind yourself that there've been cases in which a heart attack indeed [...]
Can Excessive Burping Be Caused by Anxiety?
Though cancer can cause burping, this symptom can also be caused by psychological factors. Anxiety can cause a LOT of symptoms, including headache, backache, stomach ache, a knotty feeling in the stomach, diarrhea, a racing [...]
Can Chronic Stress Cause a DVT?
A vascular surgeon is asked if chronic stress can actually trigger a deep vein thrombosis. “There is no real objective data on an association of chronic stress and DVT risk that I am aware of,” [...]
How Many Burps per Minute from Anxiety? How to Stop?
Wait till you find out how many times per minute anxiety can make a person burp. It’s no secret that anxiety can cause burping, but just how much? “In extreme cases, belching can occur up [...]
Can Resting Pulse in 90s from Stress Harm the Heart?
Find out what can happen if stress is causing your resting heart rate to be in the 90s. Have you noticed that whenever you take your resting heart rate, it’s in the 90s, even though [...]
How Stress & Anxiety Cause Acid Reflux
Learn about mechanisms behind stress or anxiety causing acid reflux. You may know full-well that acid reflux can be caused or triggered by anxiety and stress. But just how does this work? “Stress may cause [...]
Can Chronic Anxiety Cause Fast Resting Heart Rate?
A fast resting pulse is not good for the heart, and unfortunately, a stressful life can cause this. Stress is bad for the heart, and one way this is so is because chronic stress or [...]
Can Mental Stress Cause Microscopic Colitis?
Let’s take a close look at whether or not mental stress can actually trigger a bout with microscopic colitis. To find out if stress of the mental kind can cause microscopic colitis, I consulted with [...]
Why Coughing Every Several Minutes Can Be Caused by Anxiety
You may already know that anxiety can cause frequent coughing, but do you know just how this happens? Perhaps your coughing is similar to what I experienced during a horrible time of my life. At [...]
Can Constant Stress & Anxiety Make You Lose Weight?
You’ve heard that stress can interfere with weight loss efforts, but can a lot of anxiety cause fat loss even if you don’t eat less? It’s a no-brainer that weight loss will occur from eating [...]
Why Vomiting Can Be Triggered by Anxiety
Are you thinking that anxiety causes vomiting because it's the body's way of unloading something useless for the imminent "flight or fight" situation? Anxiety can be chronic or acute. People will vomit upon seeing a [...]
Why Does Anxiety Cause Muscle Twitching?
Anxiety can cause muscles to twitch, and this includes stressing over this very situation. It’s common for a person, who’s been experiencing twitching muscles, to notice an increase in frequency and/or a “spreading” of the [...]
Sudden Onset Dry Mouth Causes & Solutions
Out of nowhere I began developing dry mouth. What can sudden onset dry mouth mean? Could it mean the beginnings of Sjogren's syndrome? One day during the midst of working out at the gym, I began [...]
Can Stress Cause Many Missed Periods in a Row?
How many periods in a row can you miss from stress? Well in my case it looks like five. "It has been known for years that the menstrual cycle can become dis-regulated when a great [...]
How Does Anxiety Cause Dry Mouth?
Don't confuse thirst with dry mouth, even if you suffer from anxiety. Don’t confuse thirst with dry mouth, even if you suffer from anxiety. It’s easy to cast off a case of dry mouth to [...]
