According to news reports, a 23-year-old girl suddenly felt numb, dizzy, headache and confusion after having a fierce quarrel with her family, and fainted on the ground.

How serious can the consequences of getting angry?

According to news reports, a 23-year-old girl suddenly felt numb, dizzy, headache and confusion after having a fierce quarrel with her family, and fainted on the ground.

The family rushed the girl to the hospital and was eventually diagnosed with cerebral hemorrhage . According to the doctor, the girl was in a serious condition and her language and motor functions were damaged.

A 40-year-old Ms. Wei has a son who is in the fourth grade of elementary school and is pregnant with her second child. As the end of the semester approached, she was tutoring her son's homework, and she was very excited because her son was too procrastinating to do his homework.

Then I felt anxious chest tightness and headache, and the symptoms even lasted for two days. When I went to the hospital for examination, the blood pressure of the girl had reached 219. As a last resort, the doctor induces labor for Ms. Wei, who was 37 weeks pregnant, and fortunately the mother and daughter are safe.

So, being angry is really hurting your body, especially holding your breath! What should you do if you can't help getting angry? Xiaojiu will tell you.

1. What happens to your body every time you get angry?

When you are angry, your heart beats faster, your blood pressure rises, and your face turns red. These are very common manifestations. Do you know what other reactions your body has?

When the mood is in a stress state of anger, it will affect gastric acid secretion. Especially sulking and repeated anger can easily lead to a decrease in appetite in . As the saying goes: If you have enough energy, it makes sense.

Moreover, is always angry and makes people ugly.

When you are angry, the body secretes more cortisol , affecting the synthesis of collagen and interfering with the natural skin repair.

is often angry and may also induce skin diseases such as special dermatitis, psoriasis and urticaria, making people become more and more ugly.

More importantly, total anger will damage the brain , the number of connections to brain nerve cells is reduced, resulting in poor memory and more prone to anxiety, depression and insomnia.

Frequently getting angry or sulking can also affect the endocrine system , making the immunity lower. For women, due to the impact of sex hormones in the body, diseases such as menstrual disorders and breast nodules are also prone to occur.

What is more dangerous is that increases the risk of disease . Studies have found that in the two hours of anger, the risk of stroke can rise to three times, and people who are often angry have a higher risk of death than people who don’t like to be angry.

2. Don’t be angry, no one is angry for

How harmful is it? When you are too angry, you may get out of the following five diseases. Don’t get angry again after seeing it.

, respiratory alkalosis

Under normal circumstances, the acid and alkali in the body are in equilibrium, but when you are angry, the breathing frequency increases. Respiration too deep and too fast will cause the body to discharge carbon dioxide in the carbon dioxide , which can easily cause the blood pH to increase, which may lead to respiratory alkalosis , and symptoms such as dizziness, numbness, convulsions, and even breathing stops.

, High blood pressure

When you are angry, your blood pressure rises and frequent anger will become the inducing factor of hypertension, especially for women. The higher the mental tension, the greater the risk of hypertension.

, induce cardiovascular disease

emotionally related mental stress will make the brain sympathetic nerve very excited, damage blood vessels and heart, and easily induce diseases such as myocardial ischemia , myocardial infarction and arrhythmia , and may also lead to the occurrence of stress cardiomyopathy .

, glaucoma

urgent temper is a major high-risk factor for glaucoma, especially for women over 40 years old. Clinically, headaches and vomiting often occur due to irritable temper, and it is eventually found that it is caused by glaucoma.

, spontaneous pneumothorax

Harvard Studies have found that emotions such as anger can lead to decreased lung function. What we often say about "the lungs are so angry" actually refers to pneumothorax . Emotional excitement is one of the causes of spontaneous pneumothorax.

pleura is damaged, air enters the pleural cavity, blocking the blood flow from the veins to the heart, which can cause different degrees of cardiopulmonary dysfunction.

3. Especially when these three symptoms occur, we should pay attention to

, especially for people with underlying diseases, and we should control our emotions. If the following symptoms appear when you are angry, you should be vigilant.

When you are angry, you feel chest tightness, and there is unknown cause of radioactive pain on your left shoulder and back. You will have shortness of breath and sweat profusely. At the same time, you should consider Angina . Even if the discomfort is relieved, you should seek medical treatment in time.

When angry, severe chest pain , accompanied by nausea, vomiting, dizziness, and the symptoms last more than 15 minutes. It should be considered as Myocardial infarction , and it is recommended to seek medical treatment as soon as possible.

After getting angry, one of the limbs was numb and weak, the body was unstable, the speech was unclear, had difficulty swallowing or coma, or even sudden epilepsy. Consider the possibility of stroke .

4. 3 ways to reduce the harm of anger

Many people find it difficult to control their emotions. When you can't help getting angry, why not try the following 3 methods to reduce the physical damage caused by anger.

, three steps to "extinguish" the anger

Professor Ou Lian Yuris is a business psychologist from the United States. He proposed a The rule of mind calming , that is, one is to lower the voice, the second is to slow down the speed of speech, and the third is to straighten the chest. In addition, taking a deep breath or leaving the quarrel scene can also help control the anger.

. Supplement calcium, magnesium and other nutrients

If the body lacks some nutrients, it will also affect mood.

For example, calcium deficiency can make the nervous system too excited, easily cause anxiety, easily get angry, and be difficult to control emotions.

magnesium element can reduce the secretion of stress hormones in the body. Insufficient intake of starchy food can also make people feel moody, impatient, and insomnia.

. Reasonable emotion therapy

American psychologist Reasonable emotion therapy summarized by Ellis includes ABC theory, that is, A is an inducing event, B is a view of events, and C is emotion.

Generally speaking, compared to A, B is the more direct cause of emotions C. When we are angry, we might as well think from a different perspective. Change the unreasonable cognitive way, which may change the angry emotions.

Usually, it is inevitable to get angry, but more importantly, don’t hold your breath. Maybe if you think from the perspective of others, it’s not worth getting so angry. #Family Health Guardian#

Reference:

[1] "Let's get angry! Some people are bleeding and poisoning of the air... Getting angry is really harmful to the human body! 》. Endocrine Channel of the Medical Industry.20217-08-22

[2] "What changes will the body undergo when you are angry? I never dare to get angry after reading it》. Tencent Medical Document.2022-05-30

[3] "Can the lungs really "explode"? When you are angry, the organs of the whole body are so dangerous.》. Life Times.2017-01-22

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