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If prolonged over time, both intense and moderate stress can damage the organism<\/strong>, according to a process that science has yet to fully understand. In this period of lockdown, a certain amount of stress has come into everyone’s life: personal and work worries, fears for one’s health and that of loved ones<\/strong>, uncertain news and worrying scenarios. All these factors have been a cause of stress and may have affected our health, lowering our immune defences.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to current scientific knowledge, stress significantly affects the production of cortisol by the adrenal glands<\/strong>. In normal situations, this physiological response is short (it disappears within 24 hours) and represents a healthy warning system for our organism in dangerous situations. However, if the imbalance in cortisol production continues over time, it becomes a condition that adversely affects the immune system’s defence responses<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Based on these factors, chronic stress \u2013 even if not particularly intense \u2013 can cause an alteration in the quantity and quality of the white cells present in the blood and tissues<\/strong>, and adversely affect the quality of the responses they are able to trigger in the case of infections caused by viruses, bacteria and other pathogens<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A further side effect of stress is the transformation it causes in the composition of the microbial populations present in the body<\/strong>, and in particular in the digestive tract, which disadvantages the “good” bacterial flora in favour of pathogenic species.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A state of permanent stress thus makes us more susceptible to various types of disorders and to bacterial and viral infections<\/strong>, against which we must be more prepared than ever before.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Causes And Symptoms Of Prolonged Stress<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Stress is a condition normally generated by work, economic and emotional factors. While from a subjective point of view it often seems to us that such situations are insurmountable, from a more detached, careful and objective viewpoint they are clearly controllable, at least partially, by the subjects involved. The causes of stress, therefore, can be eliminated, reduced, or at least addressed.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, it is a different state of affairs when the cause of the stress is external and beyond the powers of the individual<\/strong>, who can only act as a spectator to a situation that he is unable to control.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Information and misinformation also add further grounds for worry and alienation<\/strong>, and render us prey to irrational fears and feelings which are perceived as overwhelming.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ultimately, prolonged stress can cause persistent symptoms<\/strong> in one or more of the following areas:<\/p>\n\n\n\n