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Have you ever had a panic attack? People who suffer them describe them as overwhelming and marked by extreme nervousness and fear. A person having a stress induced attack of anxiety finds it difficult to function normally.

Anxiety attacks affect the heart as well as other organs. How? Well, all of our body’s systems are controlled by the brain. When you suffer the overwhelming fear that accompanies an anxiety attack, your brain tells your body it is in danger. You are familiar with the expression “frozen by fear?” The brain prepares the body to fight or run!

When the brain gives that danger signal to the body, the organs must prepare for exertion: to fight or to run. The heart begins racing to pump extra blood to the organs for the emergency. Suddenly the eyes are on alert — the hearing is keener — muscles tense and tighten. Every body part is calling for extra energy.

The body can do this routinely for short periods of time. However, if it is called upon to maintain this high level of alertness, it becomes impossible. With stress induced anxiety, however, there is no let up and the brain continues to sound out danger.

Normally periods of danger are relatively short. However, with stress induced anxiety, the brain keeps the body on full alert. All the work that goes into maintaining that high level makes it impossible to sustain it.

Stress induced anxiety, leading to panic, can have dangerous results:

* Rising and falling blood pressure * Accelerated heart beat * It becomes hard to breathe normally * The body feels cold * Nervousness and shaking

Stress induced anxiety plays dangerously with the body. It is no wonder that common heart problems very often are referred to as stress heart problems. Now you can see why!

No wonder stress can cause you heart problems. You have to find a way to reduce anxiety or it will eventually cause your brain to give constant mixed signals to all of your organs — taxing them to the limit.

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