Science says that grief can kill

A Although the death of a loved one may be due to one of the most traumatic episodes that may be experienced by the human being, mourning must be duly lived, for to be surpbaded. it is necessary and desirable to seek psychological counseling so that the suffering does not carry even greater risks, knowing that a study published in the ScienceAlert publication indicates that the tragic moment may inadvertently death of the individual victim of the loss .

Indeed, the suffering caused by bereavement results in a higher incidence of homicides, cardiovascular problems and inflammatory processes in the body.

To prove this theory, a team of researchers from Rice University in the United States,

According to the authors of this article, the author of the book, the University, grief can trigger depression which increases inflammatory processes of the body, as well as the risk of heart attack and premature death.

For the purposes of this research, the scientists interviewed the participants, depending on the severity of your mental state. They then took blood samples from volunteers. Those who experienced more intense bereavement had higher levels of pro-inflammatory cytokines in the body, that is, proteins that aggravate inflammations that affect the body. According to the same study the increase of these proteins in the body corresponds to an increased risk of occurrence of inflammatory processes of 17% .

The Next Steps to Science

"Now that we have detected this relationship, we can begin to develop intervention measures to help those who are experiencing particularly difficult grief." We can intervene with behavioral or pharmacological treatments, "says Chris Fagundes, the author of the study, in an interview with the scientific journal Psychoneuroendocrinology