Healthy Lifestyle

Almost everyone suffers from stress, or because the work, personal problems or other causes. There are some signs or symptoms of stress that is often not realized by many people.

Here is a 9 (nine) hidden clues that show that you actually under stress and need more time to calm down:

1. Period cramps

Women who experience stress tend to be two times more likely to experience a very painful periods. Studies suggest that stress contributed to the balance of hormones in the body.

2. Mouth feels stiff

Jaw pain condition that can be a sign that your chattering teeth (bruxism), which usually occurs during sleep and can be exacerbated by stress experienced, says Matthew Messina, DDS, consumer advisor for the American Dental Association.

His teeth clenched during sleep, including sleep disturbance, also called bruxism sleep. The usual culprit is an unconscious habit.So far the cause of sleep bruxism is not known with certainty.

But some researchers say, people who have a habit of teeth grinding during sleep is usually the person who is under stress and find a solution to the problem. Conclusions are generated on the terms of a study of 48 people who sleep bruxism.

3. Weird dream

Effect dream will usually provide a positive atmosphere while you sleep, thus improving mood (mood), when you wake up, says Rosalind Cartwright, PhD, an emeritus professor of psychology at Rush University Medical Center. However, when a person is under stress, they often tend to wake during the night.

4. Bleeding gums

Based on the results of research in Brazil from 14 previous studies note that people who are stressed have a higher risk of periodontitis. Increased stress hormone (cortisol) which is still interfering with the immune system and allows bacteria to invade the gums, the researchers said.

5. Acne

Stress can have inflammation (inflammation), which causes acne to increase, said Gil Yosipovitch, MD, clinical professor of dermatology at Wake Forest University.

6. Desire for sweet foods

Chocolate snack habits in most women can be caused due to stress factors and not due to hormonal changes. Conclusions are based on the findings of experts from the University of Pennsylvania, who surveys the pre-and postmenopausal women.The result is well known that the researchers only a slight decrease in the prevalence of post-menopausal chocolate snack found. Researchers say the disease is likely caused by stress or other factors that urge to snack chocolate female mode.

7. Itchy skin

A study in Japan recently with more than 2,000 people have found evidence that people with chronic itch (known as pruritus) were twice as likely to experience stress. Even the experts said, anxious or tense, other skin peyakit disorders such as dermatitis, eczema and psoriasis worse. ”Stress activates the reaction of nerve fibers, causing the sensation of itch,” Yosipovitch said.

8. Severe allergies than normal

In an experiment in 2008, researchers from Ohio State University College of Medicine showed that people with a more severe allergy symptoms after they underwent tests of anxiety. Stress hormones may stimulate the production of IgE – a protein in blood that can cause allergic reactions, says researcher Janice Kiecolt-Glaser, PhD.

9. Stomach ache

Anxiety and stress can cause abdominal pain along with headaches, backaches and insomnia. A study of 1,953 men and women found that individuals who experience stress are three times more likely to experience abdominal pain.

However, the researchers claimed that there is no scientific relationship that can explain the link between stress and abdominal pain. But one theory suggests that the gut is related to the nerves in the brains. So, when the mind reacts to stress, intestine, the same signal.