Stress slows healing
Psychological status of patients has an impact on the rate of healing of the injuries.
Scientists from the Institute of Psychiatry, King’s College London (Institute of Psychiatry, Kings College, London) concluded that the wounds of people who are not subjected to stress, heal at least twice as fast. In the experiment, experts were asked to volunteer to fill in a questionnaire designed to assess their psychological state, and then inflicted a small wound. Within three weeks, experts monitored the process of healing of injuries with ultrasound and analyze the hormone levels of subjects.
“Our findings suggest that the rate of wound healing is dependent on the concentration of cortisol, the so-called” stress hormone “- said one of the authors of the study, Professor John Weinman (John Weinman), in his article published in the pages of the latest issue university publications. – So, damage took place more rapidly in those subjects whose stress level was the lowest. We hope that we made discovery will help doctors to develop techniques aimed at both accelerate wound healing and the overall recovery of patients. ”
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