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No matter what the health condition is, getting a new medical
diagnosis can be a frightening, anxious, and even grief-filled time. All sorts of questions immediately arise, or present
themselves in the following months, as you and your doctor take tests, rule out possibilities, and make treatment plans.
Your once ordered life now may feel out of control, and the stress of the uncertainties
facing you may be overwhelming.
What doctors may not think of is that some Emotional First Aid can give the immune
and central nervous systems greater strength to help in the physical healing process.
Tending to emotions helps lower blood pressure, enables easier coping with side effects
of necessary medications, and helps you heal much more quickly from surgery.
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Numerous scientific studies show
that a solid sense of emotional as well as spiritual well-being contribute to better medical outcomes for inpatients undergoing
surgery or other treatments for cancer and heart disease.
Conversely, anxiety and depression add to the stress of physical
ill health, and slow or impair the healing process.
The growing field of research called psychoneuroimmunology
establishes the link between mind and body in medical science. Here's an article you may be interested in reading on
this subject from the American Psychological Association:
Here's an article on psychoneuroimmunology from the Breast
Cancer Action website.
This article on psychoneuroimmunology and aromatherapy is
well documented, easy to understand, and fascinating.
Here's an article that talks about how anxiety makes some
physical illnesses worse.
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