Why is it that stressful situations are more likely to cause heart attacks? What happens to our body for this to happen?
In: Biology
When something stresses the body out, it causes your body to release hormones to try to respond to that stress. This causes physical reactions like your heart starts beating faster and your veins get tighter to start getting blood moving faster so you can have more oxygen delivered to your legs so you can run from the situation. Or you start sweating, and your stomach gets upset (I really wish I knew what the advantage to that is).
Anyway, it makes your body run in a way it doesn’t usually run. Sort of like if a submarine goes too deep and the hull starts to crack from the pressure. But maybe the crew only needs to go that deep for a few minutes to escape their enemy and then they can bring the boat back up and repair the damage.
Well, if your body “goes too deep” for too long, or you already have a weaker system, that natural response can be too much for you. And cause things like heart attacks, which is when your heart just doesn’t beat at a regular rhythm.
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