Will excessive mental stress cause "one night white head"?

Medical studies have shown that in recent years, my country's allergies have increased significantly. Some studies have pointed out that people are allergic to material and allergies to emotions. Is it true? Sudden increase in pressure will cause allergies? Excessive mental tension can cause "overnight white head"? Regarding these things that cause allergies, let's listen to what the experts say together.

According to Gelan, deputy chief physician of the Dermatology Department of the Southwest Hospital of the Army Medical University, there are various causes of skin allergies. The common causes are food, drugs, and contact with allergen. In addition, the severe changes in emotions may also lead to "allergies". For example, adverse emotions such as tension and stress may cause skin allergies such as rash and itching.

Why does the sudden increase in stress cause symptoms of allergies? In this regard, Gelan explained that the human body is a highly precise unity. When emotional fluctuations such as irritability, excitement, anxiety, and depression are caused by some kind of stimuli, it will cause nerve, endocrine, and immune system dysfunction, which stimulates the skin. Cause adverse reactions such as pimples, rash, itching.

"Emotions that cause extreme allergies are the" overnight white head "due to excessive mental tension. Strong emotional changes will cause dysfunction of neurological endocrine immune system, strengthen oxidation stress reaction, promote a large number of inflammatory cytokine releases, in some genetic genetics Among the perceptual individuals, melanocytes will be affected by these cytokines, injuries or apoptosis, which will cause black hair to turn white hair. "Gran said.

Gelan said that there are many people who are allergic, but only a small number of people will have allergies caused by emotions. "People with emotional allergies, many characteristic constitutions themselves are easily affected by various factors including emotions, thereby inducing allergic symptoms such as erythema and itching."

How to check whether allergies are caused by emotions? Gelan suggested that patients should go to the hospital as soon as possible when the symptoms of allergies occur. If the symptoms of allergies occur repeatedly, patients should carefully record their own life diary and observe factors that may induce allergic symptoms. If there is severe emotional changes before each allergic symptoms, then it may be an emotional allergic symptoms.

"If emotional causes allergies, patients can relax, reflect on regularly, and stay away from things that will bring adverse effects to themselves. At the same time, we must actively find ways to solve it and reflect on the same problems when necessary. You can seek help from a psychologist, "Gelan suggested.

Edit: Wang Xing

Editor in charge: Fan Liping

Comprehensive: Xinhuanet, Guangming.com

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