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Diseases related to mental health are increasing rapidly worldwide. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), every 8th population of the world is struggling with some mental health problem. India’s situation is also worrying, about 150 million people are facing problems like mental stress, depression or anxiety in some form or the other. Especially the youth and women of 1835 years are becoming more victims of them. People living in urban areas are more affected due to sharp life, work pressure and expectations of the people. While there is a lack of awareness about mental health in rural areas. Due to these problems, not only the quality of life decreases, but the immunity of the body is also affected.
Mental health There are many reasons behind deteriorating. Increasing workload in modern lifestyle, lack of sleep, spending more time on social media, family stress, fear of failures and loneliness are the main reasons. Long -lasting stress causes hormonal imbalance in the body, which affects both the brain and the body. Many times childhood trauma, domestic violence or economic insecurity also hurts mental health deeply. Since the Kovid-19 epidemic, cases of concern and depression have increased. All these reasons gradually take away peace of mind and make the person more sensitive for physical illnesses.
Why does the effect of drugs decrease due to mental health deterioration?
Dr. AK Vishwakarma in the Department of Psychiatry of Ghaziabad District Hospital It is said that when mental health is not good, the level of cortisol like hormone of stress in the body is increased. This hormone affects many metabolic processes of the body. Stress in diabetes patients makes it difficult to control blood sugar, due to which medicines are not able to affect it. Similarly, stress in high BP patients continuously keeps BP high, which reduces the effect of drugs.
The effect of mental stress is not limited to diabetes or BP, it can also reduce the effects of medicines of many other diseases like thyroid, hormonal embellishment, digestive diseases, migraine, asthma and heart disease. Stress and anxiety reduces the immunity of the body, which slows the speed of recovery. Also, mental stress spoils the pattern of sleep, so that the body does not get time and energy to absorb the medicine properly. Many people also stop taking medicines on time due to stress, due to which the treatment remains incomplete. Overall, poor mental condition reduces the healing capacity of the body and reduces the effect of most diseases. It
How to rescue
Get enough sleep and keep the time to sleep daily.
For stress management, include meditation, yoga or walk in the routine.
If you feel mental trouble, consult a doctor or counselor in time.
Take your medicines on time and do not stop them without consulting them.
Limit social media and screen time, maintain connection with family and friends.
From time to time, keep getting health checkups so that any change can be caught on time.