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What amount stress and anxiety can the body take before it suffers from a heart attack or a stroke?
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Stress, Anxiety, MIs: It is known that stress and anxiety can definitely increase your risk for heart attack and stroke. The body adapts to a certain amount of stress and anxiety. Even more dangerous than chronic stress and anxiety is a huge spike in one of these. Some people have more organ reserve than others, so that affects your risk, too.
Answered 5/29/2014
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