Glossary for Stress

• Accidental injury: An injury that occurs accidentally
• Addison's Disease: A rare progressive hormonal disorder characterized by insufficient production of certain hormones called adrenal corticosteroids.
• Alcohol abuse: Excessive use of alcohol ranging from binge drinking to severe alcoholism
• Anemia: Reduced ability of blood to carry oxygen from various possible causes.
• Anger: A strong feeling of displeasure and aggrevation
• Angina: A special type of chest pain.
• Anxiety: Excessive worry, anxiety, or fear.
• Atherosclerosis: Atherosclerosis is a syndrome affecting arterial blood vessels. It is a chronic inflammatory response in the walls of arteries, in large part due to the accumulation of macrophage white blood cells and promoted by low density (especially small particle) lipoproteins (plasma proteins that carry cholesterol and triglycerides) without adequate removal of fats and cholesterol from the macrophages by functional high density lipoproteins (HDL). It is commonly referred to as a hardening or furring of the arteries. It is caused by the formation of multiple plaques within the arteries.
• Bedwetting: is involuntary urination while asleep after the age at which bladder control would normally be anticipated.
• Bipolar disorder: Cycles of mania and depression; commonly called "manic-depression".
• Breast Cancer: Cancer of the breast.
• Bulimia nervosa: Eating disorder with binging (overeating) and purging (vomiting).
• Cancer: Abnormal overgrowth of body cells.
• Cardiovascular Disease: Diseases of the heart or blood vessels including cerebrovascular diseases such as stroke.
• Chronic anxiety: anxiety is a feeling of apprehension or fear
• Coronary heart disease: Disease affecting the heart's arteries (narrowed arteries)
• Damocles syndrome: Stress, anxiety and uncertainty experienced by people who have been successfully treated for childhood cancer.
• Death: The cessation of life
• Dementia: Various mental impairment conditions.
• Depression: Various syndromes with excessive anxiety, phobias, or fear.
• Depressive disorders: Depression or its various related conditions.
• Drug abuse: Addiction to any of various illicit drugs.
• Emotional stress: A condition which occurs when a person is under stress affecting their emotions
• Emotional symptoms: Symptoms affecting the emotions.
• Gastroparesis: Slow stomach emptying from stomach nerve damage
• Generalised anxiety disorder: Anxiety is a feeling of apprehension or fear.
• Glaucoma: Glaucoma is the term for a diverse group of eye diseases, all of which involve progressive damage to the optic nerve. Glaucoma is usually, but not always, accompanied by high intraocular (internal) fluid pressure. Optic nerve damage produces certain characteristic visual field defects in the individual's peripheral (side), as well as central, vision.
• Grief or loss: The normal emotional response that occurs to an external loss
• Heart block: Failure of the heart's normal rhythm controls leading to arrhythmia
• Hiccups: Noise and diaphragm muscle contractions (properly called "hiccoughs")
• High Cholesterol: High levels of blood cholesterol, triglycerides, or other lipids.
• Hypertension: High blood pressure
• Insomnia: Insomnia is defined as repeated difficulty with the initiation, duration, maintenance, or quality of sleep that occurs despite adequate time and opportunity for sleep that results in some form of daytime impairment.
• Myofascial pain syndromes: Any pain associated with the myofascia of the muscle tissue
• Neurosis: Variety of mental disorders with self-awareness
• Open-angle glaucoma: Vision damage from a slow chronic buildup of fluid pressure in the eye.
• Osteoarthritis: Osteoarthritis is a chronic condition characterised by mechanical disrturbances due to degradation of joints. It is the most common form of arthritis, and the leading cause of chronic disability.
• Panic attack: Sudden attack of unreasonable panic or fear without any real danger
• Peptic Ulcer: Ulcer on the lining of the stomach or duodenum
• Peptic ulcer / duodenal ulcer:
• Pneumonia caused by serotype O11 Pseudomonas Aeruginosa: Inflammation of the lungs and bronchioles caused by an opportunistic pathogen called Pseudomonas Aeruginosa.
• Pneumonia, Aspiration: Inflammation of the lungs and bronchioles caused by breathing in liquids and solids (usually the stomach contents).
• Pneumonia, Bacterial: Inflammation of the lungs and bronchioles caused by bacteria.
• Pneumonia, Staphylococcal: Inflammation of the lungs and bronchioles caused by the Staphylococcal bacteria. The condition is not common and often occurs as a complication of influenza or other viral respiratory infections. This form of pneumonia is considered serious and up to a third of cases can result in death.
• Pneumonia, Viral: Inflammation of the lungs and bronchioles caused by a virus.
• Post-traumatic stress disorder: Stress following a traumatic event.
• Pressure: Physical feeling of pressure in a body area
• Sadness: feeling of melancholy
• Shingles: Infectious viral infection occuring years after chickenpox infection.
• Sleep deprivation: The condition of not getting enough sleep.
• Society problems: Difficulty interacting in society.

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