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Stress is how our bodies physically and psychologically respond to dangers, demands, and changes. Physical stress responses include increased heart rate, blood pressure, sweating, and muscle tension, while psychological responses involve mood changes, anxiety, anger, poor memory and concentration. Stressors can be emotional, physical, social, or economic factors that induce stress responses or hinder stress reduction.

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Stress is how our bodies physically and psychologically respond to dangers, demands, and changes. Physical stress responses include increased heart rate, blood pressure, sweating, and muscle tension, while psychological responses involve mood changes, anxiety, anger, poor memory and concentration. Stressors can be emotional, physical, social, or economic factors that induce stress responses or hinder stress reduction.

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Stress Management

What is stress???
Stress is how our bodies react to demands and change. Stress is an automatic physical reaction to a danger or demand.

What are the Stressors??


Any factor that causes stress and which reduce stress. Eg: emotional, physical, social or economic.

Patient responses to stress


Physical and psychological are response to stress.

Physical response to stress tachycardia (rapid heartbeat) raised blood pressure increase rate and depth of respiration Vomiting or constipation frequent maturation dry mouth loss of appetite sweating muscle tension restlessness

Psychological response to stress involve mood change and change in behavior anxiety withdrawal anger emotional liability; cry poor memory intolerance to disturbing inability to concentrate eg: noise over react to minor event hostile and aggressive behavior change in sleep pattern

Patient responses to stress


Physical and psychological are response to stress.

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