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People with cancer may not report pain due to costs of treatment, a belief that pain is inevitable, an aversion to treatment side effects, fear of developing addiction or tolerance, fear of distracting the doctor from treating the illness, [51] or fear of masking a symptom that is important for monitoring progress of the illness.
An empirical study regarding cancer-related fatigue in breast cancer patients identified different groups of patients based on their fatigue levels, with nearly half (47.5%) falling into an "exhausted" group, characterized by high fatigue severity and interference in daily activities, along with elevated stress, anxiety, depression, and sleep ...
Theories of a proposed stress–illness link suggest that both acute and chronic stress can cause illness, and studies have found such a link. [58] According to these theories, both kinds of stress can lead to changes in behavior and in physiology. Behavioral changes can involve smoking and eating habits and physical activity.
A new study shows that stress can affect colorectal cancer progression by altering gut balance. It comes in the wake of research highlighting the importance of sleep to gut health and tumor ...
10 Ways That Chronic Stress Affects Your Brain. Cortisol is the stress hormone that does all the damage to our brain and body. Physical health problems that are a result of chronic stress include ...
Credit - Getty Images. I n an era where cancer rates continue to rise, the emotional toll a cancer diagnosis and the subsequent treatment journey has on a patient is becoming a critical concern. A ...
Prolonged stress can disturb the immune, digestive, cardiovascular, sleep, and reproductive systems. [17] For example, it was found that: Chronic stress reduces resistance of infection and inflammation, and might even cause the immune system to attack itself. [27] Stress responses can cause atrophy of muscles and increases in blood pressure ...
In some families, the stress of caregiving can also lead to increased family conflict. [4] For most ill patients and their spousal caregivers, scores of marital satisfaction tend to be very similar to the normal population. [25] [26] But for a minority, cancer and caregiving can cause relationship strain and can impact the couple's intimacy. [5]