Stress swells the heart and leads to death

Professor Ahmed Hariri, professor of mental health, explained the effect of psychological pain on the heart and its cause of death.

“Hariri” said in an intervention on “Riyadh” radio, that the heart is associated with many people with joy and sorrow, and the Arab heritage is full of evidence on this, indicating that some mental illnesses can lead to suicide, as well as causing some pain and psychological pressure that can lead to death, referred to as “broken heart syndrome”.

And he continued: This syndrome results in death due to pain and psychological distress that changes the biochemistry of the heart. Because usually when a person is exposed to a stressful or frightening situation, the hormone adrenaline, called a “fight or flight hormone,” is produced, and it has many medical benefits, but what happens in the case from psychological stress secretes another hormone called stress hormone or stress hormones, and the secretion is done continuously These hormones; This causes the heart arteries to gradually narrow, the heart enlarges and stops working, resulting in death.

The mental health teacher quoted the poem by the Lebanese poet “Elias Abu Shabaka”, in which he said, “I do not see the heart in your eyes blazing … Is not the fire of fire, sister. Psychological stress leads to death.

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