Stress is a nonspecific response of the body to environmental pressures.
Stress is the reaction of a person to excessive pressure or other demand on them and originates when they perceive that they will not be able to handle it.
Psychological
Behavioral
Physiological
where E (stress) is the result of the pressure (P) that the person receives and that exceeds personalresources (R).
In the initial phase, the organism reacts against activating the Sympathetic Nervous System, with pupillary dilation, higher heart and respiratory rates, increased sweating, hypertension, among others.
These reactions are caused by the secretion of hormones such as adrenaline, which takes effect after a few minutes and whose function is to prepare the body for rapid action.
Later, comes the compensation that allows to recover the energy expenses caused by the state of stress and, in this way, prevent the exhaustion of the body, which secretes other hormones such as glucocorticoids that raise glucose for the proper functioning of the heart, the brain and muscles.
When there is a constant and severe frame of stress, the body loses its ability to respond and is exhausted.
The state of stress is so intense that the affected person can no longer cope with the aggressions.
In this phase, it is probable that the affected person develops some conditions that alter important functions of the organism.
HRV measurements are useful for the evaluation of Stress and fatigue.
Evaluate the level of autonomic balance
Indicator of adaptive capacity to stress
Follow-up objective biometric variable
Useful tool for assessing the general condition of the person