The connection between anxiety and cardiac risk is real and one that is very serious. Many factors can contribute to anxiety as well as cardiac risk. Anxiety causes fight or flight symptoms which directly affect the heart due to the stresses that anxiety cause to the heart which in turn causes stress to the mind that knows that there is a problem. The cycle can be continuous because each state, anxiety and cardiac risk constantly feed each other causing more anxiety which in turn causes more cardiac risk.
Key Takeaways:
- Anxiety, like many other emotions, can effect heart health in real ways.
- Anxiety’s symptoms are like heart disease, and can in fact cause a vicious cycle with heart disease.
- Anxiety’s release of stress hormone can cause long term health effects, like inflammation and damage to blood vessels.
“Recognizing and treating anxiety is important for improving the outcomes of cardiac disorders.”