Effects of depression on body

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Effects of depression on body
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Effects of depression on body

• In the United States, depression is one of the
  most common mental health concerns. Around 26 of
  adults have been suffering from depression in the
  United States. It is a mental disorder that also
  affects your physical and psychological wellbeing
  and health. As part of the symptoms, a person
  having depression will be having lack of sleep,
  poor concentration, changes in his appetite and
  his behavior, he will be losing interest in
  things which he used to do enthusiastically and
  he started isolating himself. If left untreated,
  it can severely impair your life and affect all
  the parts of your body.

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What is happening in the body during depression?

• Central nervous system
• When it comes to your central nervous system,
  depression can affect it greatly leading you to
  show several symptoms a lot of which are easy to
  ignore. One of the most significant signs of
  depression is memory loss and cognitive decline.
  Now, these symptoms can present in older adults
  as well which makes It difficult to identify
  whether it is due to age-related or depression.
  As stated by the American psychological
  association, older people who also have
  depression have more difficulties with the
  decline in memory and reaction time as well
  during all daily activities as compared to the
  young people having depression.

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What is happening in the body during depression?

• Gastrointestinal tract
• Depression affects your digestive tract as well.
  It plays an important role in affecting your
  nutrition and appetite. The response of every
  person is entirely variable as some responses to
  it by overeating while others respond by avoid
  eating. This can cause weight gain and
  obesity-related illnesses like diabetes or it can
  also result in malnutrition and become
  malnourishment. A sudden loss of interest in
  eating in older people can result in a medical
  condition known as geriatric anorexia. Eating
  problems can result in symptoms such as
• Stomach pains
• Abdominal cramps
• Constipation
• Malnutrition
• Cardiovascular and immune systems

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What is the result of depression?

• There is a close relationship between depression
  with stress. Stress hormones ultimately increase
  the heart rate and tighten the blood vessels
  which puts your body in a state of emergency.
  With time, this can result in heart diseases.
• Recurrence of heart problems is related more
  closely to depression than to any other
  conditions like
• Smoking
• diabetes
• elevated blood pressure
• elevated cholesterol
• If depression is left untreated, there is a high
  chance it increases chance of dying after a heart
  attack. Heart disease is also a triggering factor
  for depression though.
• There are other organ systems as well which are
  affected due to depression. There needs to be
  awareness of the right treatment and consultation
  for the people having depression so that their
  condition gets treated. Previously
  antidepressants and SSRIs were used to treat the
  symptoms of depression but as they have proven to
  be not highly effective, physicians have started
  using ketamine infusion therapies. IV ketamine
  therapy treats the symptoms of depression is the
  shortest period and the person returns to his
  normal life. During the procedure, the
  anesthesiologist will administer the IV ketamine
  and monitor you, you will have few such sessions
  after which your symptoms of depression would be
  minimal.