Neurodegenerative Diseases and Stress
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Neurodegenerative Diseases and Stress
Neurodegenerative diseases are a condition of progressive breakdown of the brain and nerves, affecting the whole nervous system and leading to poor cognitive and motor functions. Prolonged stress can significantly worsen or even be a factor of onset for this disease.
How stress affects it :
Inflammation caused by stress harms the mechanism of the brain and slowly degrades cells leading to a significant risk of memory loss. Long-term stress can speed up the already existing disease by changing hormone levels and excessive segregation of cortisol in our bodies.
Conditions:
✔️ Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias
✔️ Parkinson’s disease and PD-related disorders
✔️ Prion disease
✔️ Motor neurone diseases
✔️ Huntington’s disease
✔️ Spinocerebellar ataxia
✔️ Spinal muscular atrophy