Why does long-term stress increase a person’s chance of experiencing a heart attack or stroke?
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Stress can cause a person to have high blood pressure.

Stress can cause a person to be inactive.

Stress can cause a person to get lung cancer.

Stress can cause a person to develop diabetes.

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Stress can cause a person to have high blood pressure.

Chronic stress raises levels of stress hormones (like adrenaline and cortisol), which increase heart rate and blood pressure over time, damaging blood vessels and raising the risk of heart attack and stroke.