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Depression is a mental health condition characterized by sadness and low mood or energy. In addition to psychological symptoms, depression is associated with physical symptoms such as fatigue, gastrointestinal problems, and sleep problems.
Depression is a mental health disorder that can also have an impact on your physical health. It may affect your cardiovascular and digestive systems and your immune system.
There are a number of ways that depression can make you physically sick. Here are some of the different physical symptoms and why they happen. Your brain and gastrointestinal (GI) system are...
Depression doesn't just cause physical symptoms; it can also increase your risk for -- or may worsen -- certain physical illnesses or conditions. In turn, some illnesses can also trigger...
Recognizing that depression can affect a person’s physical health can help them seek treatment and make changes to manage their symptoms. Depression is treatable.
Depression is closely related to and affected by physical health. Many of the factors that influence depression (such as physical inactivity or harmful use of alcohol) are also known risk factors for diseases such as cardiovascular disease, cancer, diabetes and respiratory diseases.
Depression, disability, and chronic illness form a vicious circle. Chronic illness can bring on bouts of depression, which, in turn, can lead to a rundown physical condition that interferes with successful treatment of the chronic condition.
Most of us know about the emotional symptoms of depression. But many people with depression live with chronic pain or other physical symptoms, too. These aren't "all in your head."...
Depression, while less common than chronic anxiety, can have even more devastating effects on physical health.
Depression has effects on body metabolism that limit available mental and physical energy. Depression negatively affects almost every system of the body. It disrupts sleep, affects...