Physical Symptoms of Anxiety

Sources Medically Reviewed on 03/21/2019 Reviewed by Smitha Bhandari, MD on March 21, 2019
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SOURCES:
American Psychological Association: "Stress effects on the body."
Anxiety And Depression Association Of America: "Understand the Facts: Chronic Pain," "Understand the Facts: Symptoms," "Stress and Anxiety Interfere With Sleep."
Cleveland Clinic: "Anxiety Disorders."
Clujul Medical: "Anxiety and IBS revisited: ten years later."
Gastroenterology and Hepatology From Bed to Bench: "Psychological disorders in patients with chronic constipation."
Harvard Health Publications: "Understanding the stress response," "Anxiety and physical illness," "Why stress causes people to overeat," "The gut-brain connection."
International Journal of Impotence Research: "The relationship of serum and salivary cortisol levels to male sexual dysfunction as measured by the International Index of Erectile Function."
Journal of Sexual Medicine: "Chronic stress and sexual function in women."
National Sleep Foundation: "How Does Anxiety Affect Sleep?"
Public Health Review: "Anxiety and Depression: Linkages with Viral Diseases."
Oxidative Medicine and Cellular Longevity: "High anxiety: Recognizing stress as the stressor."
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office on Women's Health: "Reproductive health and mental health."
Reviewed by Smitha Bhandari, MD on March 21, 2019
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