Title: Headaches. Hair loss. Even strokes and cancer: The terrible cost to your body of a broken heart | Daily Mail Online
Headings: Headaches. Hair loss. Even strokes and cancer: The terrible cost to your body of a broken heart
Headaches. Hair loss. Even strokes and cancer: The terrible cost to your body of a broken heart
HAIR LOSS
Within weeks of losing a loved one, some women lose hair at an alarming rate.
COLDS AND FLU
HEADACHES
ASTHMA
HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE
DID YOU KNOW?
INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE
CANCER
MUSCLE PAIN AND BONE FRACTURES
Cortisol can reduce bone formation, leaving widows with more fragile, brittle bones.
HEART DISEASE AND STROKE
Studies have also shown that recently bereaved people suffer changes in their heart rhythms, which puts them at risk.
DIABETES
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Content: And there’s a double whammy. Because cortisol suppresses the immune system, our bodies don’t respond properly to vaccinations. That means your annual flu shot will be less likely to work if you have been recently bereaved —– increasing the risk of getting an infection. HEADACHES
Bereavement can trigger tension headaches — the so-called ‘stress headaches’ regularly experienced by a third of adults. The causes are not properly understood, but they are often linked to tight shoulder and neck muscles. Alongside dizziness, nausea, palpitations, stomach cramps and muscle aches, they are a common side-effect in people suffering intense emotional stress. The symptoms are thought to be triggered by the release of cortisol and adrenaline into the bloodstream. Doctors say that even if a headache isn’t initially triggered by grief, any stress will exacerbate it. +4
A major study looked at the records of more than five million Swedish and Danish children. They found children who lost a parent or sibling before the age of 18 were 10 per cent more likely to be hospitalised with asthma than children who were not bereaved.