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Health Tip: Caregiver Stress Can Harm Your Health
By LadyLively on March 24, 2015
Caregiving often is emotionally and physically challenging, and it can harm your health if you become too stressed.
The Womenshealth.gov website mentions these potential side effects of caregiver stress:
- Increased likelihood of anxiety and depression.
- Increased risk of a chronic health problems, such as arthritis, diabetes, cancer or heart disease.
- Greater risk of a weaker immune system, leading to more sick time.
- Slower healing from wounds.
- Greater risk of obesity.
Source: HealthDay
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