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Stressful circumstances hold the potential to affect several systems in the human body in a harmful way.

Under stressful conditions, breathing becomes harder. This change can prove burdensome for people with chronic respiratory disorders, such as asthma. However, stress can also induce asthma attacks in people free of respiratory diseases and panic attacks among vulnerable people. Furthermore, psychological stress has been shown to increase heart rate, mainly due to increased secretion of stress hormones, such as adrenaline, noradrenaline, and cortisol. Thus, being under constant stress may result in aggravated heart function; in the long term, this condition may cause hypertension, CHD, or stroke.