Stress affects our health directly by ________ and indirectly by ________.
A) interfering with immune system functioning; decreasing the effort we expend in fitness-related and other preventive behaviors
B) decreasing the probability that we will modify our diet to include healthier foods ; decreasing our desire for comfort foods, such as chocolate
C) decreasing the effort we expend in preventive behavior; increasing the effort we expend in fitness-related behavior
D) decreasing the probability that we will seek medical care for illnesses; increasing the probability that we will modify our diet to include healthier foods
E) decreasing the effort we expend in fitness-related behavior; increasing the effort we expend in preventive behavior
Question 2
Chronic exposure to stress can reduce our circulating levels of ____ and increase our levels of ____.
A) cortisol; lymphocytes
B) immune function; distress
C) lymphocytes; cortisol
D) estrogen; testosterone
E) proteins; hormones
It is important to ask patients what other health care providers they are seeing, such as the dentis
Patients should be encouraged to bring to their health care visit all the substances that they take,
Varus Stress Test
Brain Damage Caused by Stress
Physiological Stress Response (cont.)
Global Water Stress