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  2. Stress (biology) - Wikipedia

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    Chronic stress is a term sometimes used to differentiate it from acute stress. Definitions differ, and may be along the lines of continual activation of the stress response, [ 43 ] stress that causes an allostatic shift in bodily functions, [ 5 ] or just as "prolonged stress". [ 44 ]

  3. Psychological stress - Wikipedia

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    Hans Selye defined stress as “the nonspecific (that is, common) result of any demand upon the body, be the effect mental or somatic.” [5] This includes the medical definition of stress as a physical demand and the colloquial definition of stress as a psychological demand. A stressor is inherently neutral meaning that the same stressor can ...

  4. Stress - Wikipedia

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    Stress (biology), an organism's response to a stressor such as an environmental condition; Stress (mechanics), the internal forces that neighboring particles of a continuous material exert on each other; Oxidative stress, an imbalance of free radicals; Psychological stress, a feeling of strain and pressure Occupational stress, stress related to ...

  5. Stress-related disorders - Wikipedia

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    Stress ulceration is a single or multiple fundic mucosal ulcers that causes upper gastrointestinal bleeding, and develops during the severe physiologic stress of serious illness. It can also cause mucosal erosions and superficial hemorrhages in patients who are critically ill, or in those who are under extreme physiologic stress, causing blood ...

  6. Glossary of medicine - Wikipedia

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    Anatomically the shoulder girdle with bones and corresponding muscles is by definition a part of the arm. The Latin term brachium may refer to either the arm as a whole or to the upper arm on its own. [32] [33] [34] Arteriole – is a small-diameter blood vessel in the microcirculation that extends and branches out from an artery and leads to ...

  7. Stress management - Wikipedia

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    Chronic stress has also been associated with other medical conditions such as hypertension, heart disease, diabetes, obesity, and arthritis. [31] The severity varies from person to person. Gender difference can also be an underlying factor. Women are able to take longer durations of stress than men without showing the same maladaptive changes.

  8. Holmes and Rahe stress scale - Wikipedia

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    The Holmes and Rahe stress scale (/ r eɪ /), [1] also known as the Social Readjustment Rating Scale, is a list of 43 stressful life events that can contribute to illness. The test works via a point accumulation score which then gives an assessment of risk.

  9. Distress (medicine) - Wikipedia

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    Stress can be created by influences such as work, school, peers or co-workers, family and death.Other influences vary by age. People under constant distress are more likely to become sick, mentally or physically. There is a clear response association between psychological distress and major causes