Stres - bolest današnjice, utjecaj na zdravlje
Stress - illness of present time,impact on health

Summary/Abstract: In psychological sense <stress is a state which emerges when people are confronted with events that they consider threatening for their welfare, or which require special effort in order to fulfil needs that are placed in front of them. There is a very strong link between stress and illness, especially heart and vein deseases. If there is a higher dose of stress, but stress hormons are not used in some phisical or other productive activity, this results with faster beating of the heart, higher blood pressure, fall of immunity and activating many of the pathophysical illnes mechanism . Stress suppresses the balance and adaptation in organism, and also helps ind decompensation of phisiological function. All people have same quality of reaction to stress, but there are great differences in quantity. The same cause of stress (stressors) will not affect different individuals in the same way, because the personal estimate confirmed and scientificaky evaluated. Apart from physical problems, stress is also linked with menthal problems like anxiety disturbance and depression. Psychological stress is a special relation between individual and its community, which person evaluates as a difficult or relation which surpasess its abilities and endangers its welfare. The source of stress come often from social circumstances such as: Quick changes in society, Change of political system; Post - war period; Social tensions; Changes in law concerning work - place; Different reforms; Change of social values; Low salary; Low social status which is inconsistent with proclaimed importance of the work; Belittling view of community towards the job one has, Violence. Stress definitely causes body and health changes: psychosomatic diseases (gastric ulcer, high blood pressure, allergies, headache; digestive problems; Disturbance in body wight (fattening or emaciation); Lower resistance to diseases; Disturbances in sleeping. How can we act to prevent stress: By restoring balance in organism; Psycho hygiene; Bx setting reachable goals; By organizing duties; Setting tolerable interpersonal relations.

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