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    The document discusses the effects of stress on the cardiovascular and digestive systems. It elaborates that stress can harm these systems and cause issues like reflux, constipation, difficulty breathing and increased risk of heart disease. It also discusses views of health and how the biopsychosocial model incorporates biological, psychological and social factors in understanding health and illness.

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    The document discusses the effects of stress on the cardiovascular and digestive systems. It elaborates that stress can harm these systems and cause issues like reflux, constipation, difficulty breathing and increased risk of heart disease. It also discusses views of health and how the biopsychosocial model incorporates biological, psychological and social factors in understanding health and illness.

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    The document discusses the effects of stress on the cardiovascular and digestive systems. It elaborates that stress can harm these systems and cause issues like reflux, constipation, difficulty breathing and increased risk of heart disease. It also discusses views of health and how the biopsychosocial model incorporates biological, psychological and social factors in understanding health and illness.

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    SANTIAGO, Diana Mae F.

    11523158 / HEALPSY

    Ms. Maribel Dominguez

    1. Choose two systems of the body. Describe and elaborate on the effects of stress on the

    systems.

    ● Cardiovascular System

    ● Digestive System

    Stress can be very harmful on the systems of the body and its effects may not caught our

    attention that much and sometimes we don’t realize that these are the effects already. Stress as

    we all know is a threat to homeostasis and the systems of the body are widely affected by it. I

    chose the Digestive and Cardiovascular system. The effects of stress on the Digestive system can

    be so common, since the body can not manage stress at the same time digest food

    simultaneously. Reflux, Heartburn, Gut Immunity and Peristalsis are only some of the effects of

    stress where it can cause an individual constipation because of the shutting down of the digestive

    system, some may also lead into gaining more weight. Moreover, in Cardiovascular, emotional

    and physical stress have a negative impact as well as when it all happens at once. Acute stress as

    an example or the type if stress that is short term and the exposure may not be that long, such as

    traffic jams and even meeting a deadline, it may result to difficulty of breathing and palpitations.

    Stress hormones have a damaging effect on the coronary (heart) where in it can cause increase

    oxygen demand, high blood and even worse stroke and heart failure.
    2. What are your views/understanding of how health is defined? Has it changed after we

    discussed the Biopsychosocial model? Why or why not?

    As basically defined by the wikipedia and merriam webster as well as The World Health

    Organization, Health is a state of being free from illness and injury. Yes, it has changed mainly

    because when we think of the term health, we always thought of it as something in the field of

    Science, we disregard other factors as told by the biopsychosocial model such as behavioral or

    psychological, biological and even social factors that contribute to a certain state of a person.

    When we say biological, it tackles our genetics and the hereditary traits we get from our family

    while Psychological/Behavioral talks about the stress, lifestyle and health beliefs, basically this

    one totally depends on yourself on how are you going to handle your life. And lastly, social

    factors, this basically includes culture, family support and what not. The three factors can be

    interconnected to each other.

    3. How does the extended BPS model explain the relationship between health and illness?

    The extended biopsychosocial model explains the relationship of health and illness by

    elaborating and offering a new framework in which even ecological factors are therefore

    included. The extended biopsychosocial model put all biological, social and psychological

    dimensions of health and illness into simultaneous considerations by the health Psychologists or

    medical doctors in both assessing and treating the patient. The Biopsychosocial model was

    introduced by George Engel in order to further discuss that health and illness may come from

    more than one cause. By seeing all the factors, Biological, Psychological and Social, now even
    the ecological, Clinicians would be able to diagnose a patient’s illness or health status without

    just basing it on one aspect..

    Sources:

    4 Ways Stress Impacts Digestion. (n.d.). Retrieved June 26, 2018, from

    http://psychologyofeating.com/4-ways-stress-impacts-digestion/

    Torpy, J. M. (2007). Chronic Stress and the Heart. Retrieved from

    https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/209139

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