Many people will certainly agree with the opinion that stress can cause a heart attack.. Scientists from the University of Linkoping (Sweden) gave scientific confirmation of this factor. This is reported on the pages of Scientific Reports..

In the course of a study conducted by Swedish specialists, it was found that a few months before a heart attack, in the body of people there was an increase in the level of the stress hormone. These data confirmed the scientists' assumption that people who are exposed to stress over a long period of time have a higher risk of developing a heart attack, according to Pannochka, an online publication for girls and women from 14 to 35 years old.. net In their study, scientists used an improved new biomarker that helps determine the level of the hormone cortisol in human hair, in reverse time. So far, this method is used only in scientific research..

The results of the analysis showed that people who survived a heart attack, for several months before that, were in a long-term stressful state.. The levels of the hormone cortisol in these people were significantly elevated.. A comparative analysis between such risk factors for developing a heart attack as hypertension, hypercholesterolemia, diabetes, genetic predisposition, bad habits and stress showed that high levels of the hormone cortisol are still not the last risk factor for a heart attack..

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