Originally published November 23 2003
Chronic stress slows healing speed of surgery patients
by Mike Adams, the Health Ranger, NaturalNews Editor
Any form of stress slows your body's healing ability, research goes, and this phenomenon is especially pronounced in patients undergoing surgery. Too much stress -- even before the surgery -- means you'll have a very slow recovery.
- From almost the moment a wound is opened, the body's healing agents
speed to the scene to begin repairs.
- But new research on surgical patients suggests that stress can hinder
this process, possibly contributing to a slower and more painful
recovery.
- Patients who were worried about the surgery beforehand were also more
likely to say that their recovery was slow and painful, the researchers
found.
- "The study suggests that interventions designed to reduce pre-surgical
stress, which have previously been found to shorten length of hospital
stay and to reduce postoperative complications, pain and distress, may
also improve wound repair," Petrie says.
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