These 8 diseases are all caused by anger.

“I’m so angry…” This may be the most frequently used phrase, and almost everyone has expressed similar emotions. Emotions are the most difficult to control, and people often say this when they are extremely angry. Anger is a way to vent emotions and also an expression of physical reactions.

We always can’t help getting angry, but few people know that many physical diseases are related to anger. Frequent anger is not only not conducive to family happiness, harmonious relationships and work development, but also has great harm to health.

Why do people get angry easily?

Being angry is actually a colloquial expression, and in medicine it is generally described as “mood swings”.

Anger is a very common phenomenon, and everyone from centenarians to infants who are only a few months old can feel it. For example, some infants express their anger by crying when they cannot get what they want.

The reason why people get angry easily is that anger, as an emotion, is actually very useful. It provides an evolutionary advantage for human ancestors.

In primitive society, in order to cope with the cruel and complex environment, humans evolved a flight or fight response system, namely the sympathetic nervous system .

When in anger, the human heartbeat and digestive system slow down and breathing speeds up to store energy for themselves. At the same time, blood vessels will also expand to transport blood to the limbs.

All of these can help human ancestors fight against the cruel natural environment, so in short, anger is actually an emotional expression that humans have retained during evolution.

These 8 diseases are all related to frequent “anger”

Although anger is an emotional expression that humans have retained during evolution, people who are often angry should be wary of the following 10 diseases.

① Cardiovascular disease

Studies have shown that long-term and repeated stress responses are very detrimental to cardiovascular health because when the body is under stress, the hypothalamus-pituitary-adrenal axis and the sympathetic-adrenal medullary system will be activated, prompting the secretion of excessive amounts of adrenaline, norepinephrine, and glucocorticoids.

The increased secretion levels of these hormones will cause increased blood pressure, heart rate and blood lipid levels, changes in coagulation function, and thus lead to the occurrence of cardiovascular disease.

②Myocardial infarction

Anger is one of the triggering factors of myocardial infarction. Data shows that about 10% of myocardial infarctions are caused by anger .

③Stomach disease

When people are angry, they will have a hyperactive gastrointestinal motility state. Gastric acid secretion increases, gastrointestinal motility increases, and gastroesophageal reflux and gastritis may even occur. If this continues for a long time, it will cause gastric ulcers and stomach cramps. These are the reasons why people have stomach pain when they are angry. In addition, some studies have found that there is a certain relationship between the occurrence of gastric cancer and negative emotions.

④ Lung problems

When people are angry, their breathing becomes rapid due to emotional fluctuations. At this time, due to hyperventilation, the alveoli will continue to expand and have no time to contract. Because they cannot get the proper relaxation, the lung health is endangered.

In addition, rapid breathing when angry will cause a large amount of carbon dioxide to be discharge from the body and lead to respiratory alkalosis. At this time, the patient will experience symptoms such as chest tightness, difficulty breathing, palpitations, and whole body convulsions .

⑤ Liver disease

When people are angry, their bodies produce a substance called ” catecholamines “, which have a direct toxic effect on the liver. Long-term and repeated anger may cause liver diseases such as hepatitis and cirrhosis.

⑥ Nodules

Many people believe that breast nodules and breast cancer are related to frequent anger. In fact, there is no reliable medical research that can prove that anger is clearly related to breast nodules and breast cancer . However, it should be note that anger does make it more likely to develop thyroid nodules.

7. Skin problems

When people are angry, the blood circulation in the skin will deteriorate, which can easily lead to problems such as dull skin, pigmentation and wrinkles. People who are often angry are more likely to suffer from premature aging and other skin phenomena.

⑧ Damage to the immune system

A study from Harvard University showed that anger can damage the immune system. When healthy people were asked to simply recall past experiences that made them angry, they found that levels of immunoglobulin A continued to drop for six hours.

In addition, when you are angry, the severe stress state will cause a large increase in cortisol , and high concentrations of cortisol will inhibit the function of the immune system. Therefore, frequent anger will more or less reduce the body’s resistance.

When you are angry, it is recommend to adjust and relieve

①Vent out the anger in your chest

You can choose your favorite sports such as chest expansion exercises, yoga, stretching and running to vent. The reason for choosing sports is that dopamine, the “happiness factor” produced when people exercise, can make people feel comfortable physically and mentally.

2) Take a deep breath

When you are angry, you can also try sitting upright in a chair, take a deep breath through your nose, and count to 6; then exhale slowly, count to 8 or 9, and repeat the above actions 10 times.

This is because when a person focuses only on their breathing, they can clear their mind of disturbing things and calm the brain.

③ Solve the root cause of anger

Although the above actions are good, they are only temporary solutions and not fundamental solutions. Some problems still need to be solve fundamentally to be truly solve.

So when you find yourself getting angry, try asking yourself questions like, “When did I become angry?” and “What made me angry?”

For example, when you have a conflict with your partner, the reason you get angry is that the other person does not pay attention to your feelings and does not understand you, which makes you feel that your partner does not value your emotions at all, so you get angry.

Then, you can wait until both of you are emotionally stable before communicating with your partner, expressing your feelings and demands, hoping for more attention and communication between each other.