Question

how can anxiety affect breathing and heart rate?

how can phobias causes panic attack?

how can a long-term anxiety and panic attack causes the brain to release stress hormone on daily basis?

how can anxiety affect the excertory and digestive system?

Answer 1

1. Stress hormones affect your respiratory and cardiovascular systems.eg: adrenaline

Anxiety can be assocaited with respiratory symptoms. Mostly there will be shortness of breath. But sometimes there will be faster breathing and chest tightness. When an anxiety episode occur, our breathing becomes  shallower and restricted.Then, we take in quick and short breaths, instead of filling the lungs with full, complete breaths.

Anxiety can also be associated with an increased heart rate. In serious cases, can interfere with normal heart function and increase the risk of sudden cardiac arrest. Some may also exeriance palpitations.

2. Severe stress, such as the death of a loved one, job loss or divorce can often trigger panic attacks. Panic attacks can also be caused by medical conditions and other physical causes. A phobia is a type of anxiety disorder which causes an individual to experience extreme, irrational fear about a situation, place, living thing or any object. The person will experience intense distress when faced with the source of their phobia.

3. Long-term anxiety and panic attacks can cause your brain to release stress hormones on a regular basis. The release of these homones might increase the frequency of symptoms such as dizziness, headache and depression.

When you are feeling anxious and stressed, the brain floods your nervous system with hormones and chemicals which are basically designed to help you respond to that threat. 2 important examples are Adrenaline and cortisol.

Although it is helpful for occasional high-stress event, long-term exposure to stress hormones may be more harmful to the physical health in the long term. For example, long-term exposure to cortisol can lead to weight gain.

4. Anxiety also affects your excretory and digestive systems. we may have nausea, diarrhea, stomachaches and other digestive issues. Loss of appetite can also be present. It is found to have a connection between anxiety disorder and development of irritable bowel syndrome (IBS)after a bowel infection. IBS causes vomiting, diarrhea, or constipation.

Stress and uncontrolled reactions to the stress can lead to kidney damage. Kidneys are prone to problems with blood circulation and blood vessels as they are the blood filtering units of our body . High BP and high blood sugar can place an additional burden on the kidneys.