{"id":1183,"date":"2022-07-05T18:37:37","date_gmt":"2022-07-06T01:37:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/labs.wsu.edu\/crespi\/?page_id=1183"},"modified":"2026-03-27T14:48:24","modified_gmt":"2026-03-27T21:48:24","slug":"scrh-chronic-stress-and-health","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/labs.wsu.edu\/crespi\/scrh_project\/scrh-chronic-stress-and-health\/","title":{"rendered":"Effects of stress and anxiety\u00a0on women\u2019s health"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wsu-row wsu-row--sidebar-right\" >\r\n    \n<div class=\"wsu-column\"  style=\"\">\r\n\t\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Effects of stress and anxiety&nbsp;on women\u2019s health<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Stress is your body\u2019s response to the daily events that occur in your life. Stress can be a motivator and a positive force in our lives. But experiencing chronic stress in a variety of forms can influence mental and physiological function via actions of your neuroendocrine stress system (also known as the hypothalamo-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Health problems that women can experience due to stress over a long period include:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li><b>Depression and anxiety.<\/b> Women have higher rates of these conditions and other psychological disorders including panic disorder and obsessive-compulsive disorder than men.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><b>Heart problems.<\/b> Stress increases blood pressure and heart rate.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><b>Headaches and migraines.<\/b> Tension headaches are more common in women than men.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><b>Obesity or anorexia.<\/b> Women are more prone to stress-related weight gain or loss than men.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><b>Bowel problems.<\/b> Stress can lead to such bowel problems as irritable bowel syndrome.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><b>Pregnancy issues.<\/b> Women with higher stress levels have a more difficult time becoming pregnant than women with lower stress levels.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><b>Menstrual problems.<\/b> Premenstrual syndrome is more severe with increasing stress levels.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><b>Substance use.<\/b> Unchecked stress, anxiety, and depression could lead to excessive use of alcohol, cannabis, or other substances to modulate stress.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<\/div>\r\n\n\n<div class=\"wsu-column\"  style=\"\">\r\n\t\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Project Page Links<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/labs.wsu.edu\/crespi\/scrh_project\/\">Study Objectives<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/labs.wsu.edu\/crespi\/scrh-study-design\/\">Study Design<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/labs.wsu.edu\/crespi\/scrh-hair-collection-instructions\/\">Hair Collection Instructions<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/labs.wsu.edu\/crespi\/scrh-surveys\/\">Psychological &amp; Physiological surveys<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/labs.wsu.edu\/crespi\/scrh-cortisol-hormone-and-stress\/\">Cortisol hormone and stress<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/labs.wsu.edu\/crespi\/scrh-chronic-stress-and-health\/\">Effects of chronic stress on health<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/labs.wsu.ed\/crespi\/scrh-chronic-stress-and-reproduction\/\">Chronic stress and reproduction<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/labs.wsu.edu\/crespi\/scrh-cannabis-use-and-stress-management\/\">Cannabis use and stress management<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/labs.wsu.edu\/crespi\/scrh-participation\/\">Participation<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/labs.wsu.edu\/crespi\/scrh-researchers\/\">Meet the researchers<\/a><\/p>\n\n<\/div>\r\n\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":17772,"featured_media":0,"parent":579,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"categories":[],"tags":[],"wsuwp_university_location":[],"wsuwp_university_org":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/labs.wsu.edu\/crespi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1183"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/labs.wsu.edu\/crespi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/labs.wsu.edu\/crespi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/labs.wsu.edu\/crespi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/17772"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/labs.wsu.edu\/crespi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1183"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/labs.wsu.edu\/crespi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1183\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1362,"href":"https:\/\/labs.wsu.edu\/crespi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1183\/revisions\/1362"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/labs.wsu.edu\/crespi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/579"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/labs.wsu.edu\/crespi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1183"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/labs.wsu.edu\/crespi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1183"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/labs.wsu.edu\/crespi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1183"},{"taxonomy":"wsuwp_university_location","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/labs.wsu.edu\/crespi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wsuwp_university_location?post=1183"},{"taxonomy":"wsuwp_university_org","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/labs.wsu.edu\/crespi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wsuwp_university_org?post=1183"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}