As we all know stress/ anxiety is integral part of our day to day life. Carrier, job insecurity, loads of family responsibilities, hours of the days only on social media and laptops screens; all these factors adversely affect our brain and nervous system.

As a result of these we are not suffering mentally only but physically also. Our digestive system is directly affected by stress. Initially we develop symptoms   like constipation gas and acidity ultimately leading to either weight loss or weight gain along with other health issues.

The human body is so well managed and every cell and organ is connected to one another. The same way our stomach and mind are constantly interacting with each other.

When any kind of stress affects our mind, our body becomes more fragile to pathogens and thereby start producing excess hormones; adrenalin and cortisone etc.  In response to that, our other hormones like oxytocin, serotonin well known as a neurotransmitter (happy hormone mostly which is produced in the gut) gets affected and body start opposite reactions.  Excess adrenalin start affecting the body in many ways and in short span our body start showing symptoms like headache, insomnia, palpitations or rapid heart beats; is the most common out of this. This condition is very scary because anxiety related to palpitations is gradually converted to panic attacks without our awareness and resolution is only possible by reducing the stress and anxiety.

When this biochemical changes happens in the body, the oxygen flow and hemoglobin start decreasing causing imbalance of good gut bacteria and symptoms of anemia also develops.

These symptoms finally lead to irritable bowel syndrome, peptic ulcers or any other gastrointestinal diseases like gastritis, acidity and reflux etc. The excess gas leads to bloating of stomach and in certain cases migraine can also develop.