PATHOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Long-term exposure to cortisol and other stress hormones can negatively affect almost all of your body’s processes. This can increase your risk of health issues such as heart disease, lung issues, obesity, anxiety, depression, and more.

Detailed explanation-2: -Consistent with expectations, daily cortisol levels showed a graded association with risk for infection, with those demonstrating higher levels of cortisol being at greater risk.

Detailed explanation-3: -Cortisol is ordinarily anti-inflammatory and contains the immune response, but chronic elevations can lead to the immune system becoming “resistant, ‘’ an accumulation of stress hormones, and increased production of inflammatory cytokines that further compromise the immune response [18].