Health Sciences 1001A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Sympathetic Nervous System, Stressor, Perspiration
13 Sep 2013
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Know stress can lead to heath problems 80% 53% don"t have enough time for family, friends, or partner or to do things they enjoy. 30% frequently lost sleep or felt nervous over previous month. Anxiety disorders affect 12% of the population, causing mild to severe impairment. Hospitalization rates for anxiety disorders in general hospitals are twice as high among women as men. Many researchers believe college years are most stressful years in person"s life. Some of the more pertinent factors in experience of stress during university are lifestyle change, friendships, jealousy, and love. Stress refers to: situations that trigger physical and emotional reactions, the reactions themselves. The reading uses: stressor: situation or event that triggers physical and emotional reaction, stress response: reaction to stressor, stress: describe general physical and emotional state that accompanies stress response. Two systems in body responsible for physical response: nervous system, endocrine system. Autonomic nervous system: parasympathetic division (relaxation)
