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Anyone living in a big city is aware of the great amount of noise in them, day and night: traffic, horns, sirens, loud music, etc. This makes it increasingly difficult for urbanizes to enjoy the tranquility provided by silence and increasingly outweigh the pathologies caused by noise.

The level of noise or noise pollution has reached a point where even the World Health Organization has recognized that noise can cause those who are subjected to it on an ongoing symptoms such as restlessness, anxiety, anger, and even depression. The severity of these symptoms depends on the intensity of noise and noise type, and whether there are emotional factors associated with it by someone who suffers fear, helplessness, etc.

But the noise is not only able to provoke emotional disorders, but also can suffer headaches, hypertension, digestive problems and has been an increase in cardiovascular diseases in people subjected to high noise levels continuously. According to studies, when the noise exceeds 55 decibels, can cause changes in our hormonal and immune system, which carries the increased levels of glucose and cholesterol, as well as increased susceptibility to infectious diseases. Read the rest of this entry »

Pressure nervous, myths and truths

I have nerve pressure, stress makes my pressure go up to the clouds, the cause of my hypertension are just nerves, when I calm down my pressure is normal.

We have heard these phrases countless times without knowing they have a Percentage of certainty and one error, nerve pressure exists but is not caused only by stress, you should take other measures to control it.

Stress causes the pressure increase

It is real that nerves can cause the pressure to rise rapidly, there is a myth or an invention, to check at home enough to have a pressure gauge and check it often.

When a person is subjected to stress increases the likelihood of hypertension. Read the rest of this entry »