PSYCH 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 29: Common Cold, Immune System, Birth Weight
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People who have more stress in their lives more stress related health effects. Weakens ability to fight off disease, bacteria, things attacking our body, make us susceptible. Indirect effects on i. s. through bad behaviors. People end up doing things that exacerbate problem. People change normal physical healthy patterns of behavior under acute, intense stressors. Sleep less regularly, exercise patterns are altered, turn to things like drugs/alc, nutritional habits tend to change. All of these bad behaviors also in terms affect immune system functioning if you do all these things, can immediate impact of your ability to fight off disease. Both bc of stressor in particular but because it changes your behavior. When people are put under acute stressors, some turn away from social network more health related stress effects as a result. Also social aspect people are healthier if they have more social contact. People more socially isolated has larger effect on mortality.
