3 Big Health Risks For Sufferers of Depression
Sufferers of depression and their spouses know this this horrible disorder leaves no part of their life untouched.
It follows them to work, to family gatherings, and even to there bed.
What you might not know, however, is that besides putting its ugly claws around them and tries to control their thoughts and their behavior it also can damage their physical health.
In this article I will present to you 3 different health issues that depression contributes to.
1.
The heart.
Charles Nemeroff of Emory University reported on ABC news that "depressed patients are more likely to have a heart attack, to suffer from congestive heart failure and to have a variety of other cardiac abnormalities than individuals without depression.
" There are numerous ways that it does this.
Depression changes the heart's electrical system, it increases blood pressure, it changes the way blood clots, it increases insulin and cholesterol levels, and it increases the levels of cortisol and adrenaline which diverts the body's metabolism from repairing heart tissues.
2.
The immune system.
Dr.
Gregory MIller of Carnegie Mellon University took 32 women with diagnosed depression and and a control group of 32 women who had no symptoms of depression.
He exposed them to mitogens (a harmless agent that a healthy functional immune systems reacts against.
The results showed that the depressed subjects had a weakened lymphocyte (a white blood cell that makes up our immune system) production in response to the mitogen.
Simply put, this showed that that depression weakens your immune system.
3.
The brain.
Research shows that depression effect such areas of the brain such as the hippocampus and amygdala (both centers for emotional responses).
MRI scans show that both the hippocampus and amygdala are smaller in people who suffer from depression than in people who do suffer from this disorder.
The effects on your spouse's behavior and emotions are very apparent and bad enough.
If his emotional suffering doesn't motivate him to go for help, then bring up the point he is also exposed to a lot of physical harm.
The good news is that depression IS very treatable.
If you detect in yourself or in your loved one symptoms of depression don't sit around and hope it gets better.
Go immediately for help and save him from emotional and bodily damage.
It follows them to work, to family gatherings, and even to there bed.
What you might not know, however, is that besides putting its ugly claws around them and tries to control their thoughts and their behavior it also can damage their physical health.
In this article I will present to you 3 different health issues that depression contributes to.
1.
The heart.
Charles Nemeroff of Emory University reported on ABC news that "depressed patients are more likely to have a heart attack, to suffer from congestive heart failure and to have a variety of other cardiac abnormalities than individuals without depression.
" There are numerous ways that it does this.
Depression changes the heart's electrical system, it increases blood pressure, it changes the way blood clots, it increases insulin and cholesterol levels, and it increases the levels of cortisol and adrenaline which diverts the body's metabolism from repairing heart tissues.
2.
The immune system.
Dr.
Gregory MIller of Carnegie Mellon University took 32 women with diagnosed depression and and a control group of 32 women who had no symptoms of depression.
He exposed them to mitogens (a harmless agent that a healthy functional immune systems reacts against.
The results showed that the depressed subjects had a weakened lymphocyte (a white blood cell that makes up our immune system) production in response to the mitogen.
Simply put, this showed that that depression weakens your immune system.
3.
The brain.
Research shows that depression effect such areas of the brain such as the hippocampus and amygdala (both centers for emotional responses).
MRI scans show that both the hippocampus and amygdala are smaller in people who suffer from depression than in people who do suffer from this disorder.
The effects on your spouse's behavior and emotions are very apparent and bad enough.
If his emotional suffering doesn't motivate him to go for help, then bring up the point he is also exposed to a lot of physical harm.
The good news is that depression IS very treatable.
If you detect in yourself or in your loved one symptoms of depression don't sit around and hope it gets better.
Go immediately for help and save him from emotional and bodily damage.