Pressure is a state of tension that just results when a person responds to the demands and pressures. It may come from work, family and other external sources, as well as those internal factors, like self-imposed demands and self-criticism derived from fear, uncertainty, doubt, improper ambition and lack of self-control. This is particularly true with hard-working professional women and people with no goals in life. Stress, once it goes to excess, can almost ruin a person.
Workplace people under pressure from, each has own troubles. 8 hours a day, the workplace all the time have to face various pressures, endless overtime, the heavy pressure of work, complicated interpersonal relationships are often plagued career person.
Medical experts found that the pressure will harm the health of the following body systems:
- Musculoskeletal System
Under pressure, muscle tension increased. Contraction of the muscle long period of time can trigger a tension headache, migraine, and a variety of skeletal muscle pain.
- Gastrointestinal System
Pressure will make your appetite, then you might get heartburn or acid reflux, your stomach will produce nausea even to pain. If a lot of pressure, you can even produce vomiting. The pressure will also affect your digestive tract and intestinal absorption of nutrients; you will be the occurrence of constipation.
- Cardiovascular system
Although the pressure stress is short, belongs to the acute stress. Like the people in a crowded traffic, causing the enhanced heart rate and myocardial contractility. However, recurrent episodes of acute stress can cause inflammation of the coronary artery, and can even lead to heart attacks.
- Endocrine system
The advent of pressure, brain signals from the hypothalamus, causing the adrenal cortex to produce cortical. At the same time, the liver produces more glucose to provide the body with extra energy. After the disappearance of the pressure, you may feel that the body suddenly broke down; this is because you consume too much glucose, and the body of blood sugar content is low, as not eaten the whole day.
- Reproductive system
Under pressure, Men will affect the normal function of the reproductive system, for a long time, this pressure caused by chronic stress may damage the quality of testosterone and sperm, causing impotence. Women under pressure can cause menstrual disorders or amenorrhea, but also extend the lead to menstrual cycle, and even aggravate the pain. Pressure will reduce the libido of both men and women.
- Nervous system
Under pressure, the muscle will be a sudden change in energy sources, 'roll back' the perceived threat. The sympathetic nervous system signals to the adrenal glands to release adrenaline, cortical and other hormones. These hormones speed up heart rate, increased blood pressure, changing the activity of the digestive system, raise blood sugar.
