While looking for info on the relationship to Stress and our illness I came across these pieces of information about what stress produces in the body. I will
add a few more, when I find my other sites, and then post a separate post about stress reduction and hope everyone joins in on that.
Stress Slows Healing:
www.acs.ohio-state.edu/un...arucha.htm
Weakened Immune System in Older Couples from Arguing:
www.acs.ohio-state.edu/un...dfight.htm
Effects of Stress on the Immune system CFS:
www.acs.ohio-state.edu/un...ve/cfs.htm
Stress and Cognitive problems in CFS:
www.immed.org/reports/aut...rep1.html.
Stress and bacterial infections/nutritional info:
216.239.37.100/search?hl=...gle+Search
Limbic Hypothosis by Jay Goldstein:
www.drjgoldstein.com/book...intro.html
Other worthy insights:
web.tampabay.rr.com/lymecfs/defic.htm
Substance P is normally released in the spinal cord in response to peripheral stimuli. It is then involved in the early stages of pain signaling, so the elevation could amplify the perception of pain. The cerebral spinal fluid (CSF) has three times as much Substance P in FMS than those without, but has found to be of normal levels in blood. CSF Substance P does not increase in response to painful pressure on tenderpoints. The research findings indicate that Substance P is not acting alone, but that it is a "second hit" biochemical abnormality that is possibly related to serotonin. A decrease in brain serotonin which causes a decrease in brain Substance P results in an increase in the CSF Substance P content. The serotonin and Substance P abnormalities may be responsible for the low corticotrophin releasing hormone (CRH), ACTH, and Growth Hormone. (6) (7)
www.geocities.com/HotSpri.../cfs17.htm
CFIDS patients do well to retreive everything that they store in their brain", says Sandman, "but they just don't seem to get it all". In other words, they encounter difficulties in making memories and interference or distractions can further compound this problem. "Many CFIDS patients can't recall 3 letters after 10 seconds of interference!" And when it comes to measuring how much information a person can store before they get confused, "CFIDS patients suffer terribly as the amount of information that they have to remember increases".
Stress Slows Healing:
www.acs.ohio-state.edu/un...arucha.htm
Weakened Immune System in Older Couples from Arguing:
www.acs.ohio-state.edu/un...dfight.htm
Effects of Stress on the Immune system CFS:
www.acs.ohio-state.edu/un...ve/cfs.htm
Stress and Cognitive problems in CFS:
www.immed.org/reports/aut...rep1.html.
Stress and bacterial infections/nutritional info:
216.239.37.100/search?hl=...gle+Search
Limbic Hypothosis by Jay Goldstein:
www.drjgoldstein.com/book...intro.html
Other worthy insights:
web.tampabay.rr.com/lymecfs/defic.htm
Substance P is normally released in the spinal cord in response to peripheral stimuli. It is then involved in the early stages of pain signaling, so the elevation could amplify the perception of pain. The cerebral spinal fluid (CSF) has three times as much Substance P in FMS than those without, but has found to be of normal levels in blood. CSF Substance P does not increase in response to painful pressure on tenderpoints. The research findings indicate that Substance P is not acting alone, but that it is a "second hit" biochemical abnormality that is possibly related to serotonin. A decrease in brain serotonin which causes a decrease in brain Substance P results in an increase in the CSF Substance P content. The serotonin and Substance P abnormalities may be responsible for the low corticotrophin releasing hormone (CRH), ACTH, and Growth Hormone. (6) (7)
www.geocities.com/HotSpri.../cfs17.htm
CFIDS patients do well to retreive everything that they store in their brain", says Sandman, "but they just don't seem to get it all". In other words, they encounter difficulties in making memories and interference or distractions can further compound this problem. "Many CFIDS patients can't recall 3 letters after 10 seconds of interference!" And when it comes to measuring how much information a person can store before they get confused, "CFIDS patients suffer terribly as the amount of information that they have to remember increases".
USA
Stress,
bad for us! I only felt like this guy's pc last year from
stress. It was the sickest I have ever been. My son said
that I was looking better the other day. Kids! 
If I become
very upset about something sometimes my body has a knee
jerk type reaction and I get a migraine like headache and
vomit! It's like I am allergic to my own stress chemicals
in my body! The things we all have to face with our
illnesses are unreal. The docs, disability, lawyers,
public opinion, finances, inability to work, loss of
friends etc.. They say God never gives us more than we
can handle. Well when I get to heaven I'm gonna be sure
to ask him to clarify that for me.
