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From: Human_And_Animal_Behavior_Forensic_Sciences_Research_Laboratory on 11 May 2007 23:39
HOWEDY R D S,

Even blindness can be caused by EMOTIONAL STRESS and CHOKING.

Subject: Re: UPDATE: Dog going blind, what can I do?
Date: 2003-09-28 18:21:31 PST

HOWEDY People,

Just reported this week from opthamologic society
that men who wear tight fitting neckties tend to have
MOORE glaucoma.

You can't be jerking and choking and scoldin your
dogs no MOORE

You're KILLIN and making your dogs go blind, to boot:

The most common precipitating events include illness,
emotional stress, trauma, intense concentration, and
pharmacologic pupillary dilation.[Sugar, 1941 #116; Lowe,
1961 #8957] The role of emotional stress in inducing acute
angle-closure should not be underestimated.[Inman, 1929
#190; Egan, 1955 #189; Cross, 1960 #188]

From: David Wright (djwri...(a)tesco.net)
Subject: Re: Effects of emotions on glaucoma
Newsgroups: alt.support.glaucoma
Date: 1999/07/01

The role of stress in glaucoma is difficult to establish but
anecdotal evidence from many doctors suggests that it might
well play a role in glaucoma. As far as we know there are not
any clinical papers on the subject, indeed part of the problem
in investigating the relationship of stress to any condition
is that the investigation itself tends to be somewhat
stressful. However, the best advice would be to keep stress
levels as low as possible without raising them again by
worrying about it.

David Wright MSAE
Chief Executive, International Glaucoma Association

While we are pleased to offer the above information, it is not
possible for the International Glaucoma Association to advise
on an individual patient's eye condition or treatment as this
has to be the role of their own doctor or eye specialist who
knows the full details of their particular case.

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In article <7lfuf7$f5...(a)nnrp1.deja.com>,
m...(a)my-deja.com wrote:
> I seem to recall hearing on occasion the role of stress on
> eye pressure. My doc asked me on my last tonometry if I was
> under stress. However, after researching the subject I cannot
> find out anything.
>
> Many areas of medicine have acknowleged
> the role of stress reduction on things such as blood
> pressure, the immune system, pain sensitivity etc.
> What about things like anxiety, insomnia, anger, depression,
> etc and the effects on eye pressure. Is there any correlation?
>
> Does biofeedback have any effect on reducing eye pressure? If
> there hasn't been any research like this there should be! I
> would appreciate any thoughts on this subject.
> Thanks.

From: ritch (r...(a)inx.inx.net)
Subject: Re: Cerebrospinal Pressure,Glaucoma, etc.
Newsgroups: sci.med.vision, alt.support.glaucoma
Date: 1996/01/26

2. Constant elevated IOP was shown to block axoplasmic
transport at the level of the lamina cribrosa a generation ago
by electron microscopic studies. However, it has more recently
been advocated that shear stress is just as important. In the
latter case, changes in IOP can cause sliding of the plates of
the lamina cribrosa over each other, twisting and damaging the
axons that pass through it.

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Although many of us don't realize it, our eyes are the
first to suffer when we feel physical or mental stress. They
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The Amazing Puppy Wizard. <{} ; ~ ) >

From: "The Puppy Wizard" <ThePuppyWiz...(a)earthlink.net>


Date: Sat, 17 Apr 2004 01:59:28 GMT
Subject: Re: thyroid and blindness - is there a connection?

"culprit" <culp...(a)flashmail.com> wrote in message
news:c5pvnj$4gn4d$1(a)ID-58739.news.uni-berlin.de...

> is it possible that the blindness is associated
> with the thyroid disorder or medication?
> -kelly

Subject: Re: Cleaning teeth
Date: 2003-11-02 03:30:05 PST

HOWEDY Professora Daniel,

That's true. When we supplement calcium the
body "unlearns" HOWE to 'manufacture' it. That
means the body can't replace the Ca that's been
burned off from exercise or stress, between doses.
That'll cause BIG trHOWEBLE, maybe even heart
attacks.

Same same with other brain chemicals affected
by some of the psychotropic drugs like ssri inhibitors.
So, while we may need to supplement for a particular
reason we've got to use them judiciHOWESLY so as
to not become unable to manufacture and extract
those chemicals from HOWER system given a well
balanced natural diet.

What it boils dHOWEN to is the brain and body are
running on a biochemical electric system. WithHOWET
the proper balance of enzymes electrolytes amino
acids and conductors like zinc iron copper magnese
etc we're gonna lose trainsmisson of the electro chemicals
responsible for every function of the organism.

Calcium stones and recurrent irritable bHOWEL and
urinary tract inflammations in professor SCRUFF SHAKE'S
little dog Maxie The Magnificent FuriHOWESLY Obsessive
Compulsive Masturbator were CAUSED BY STRESS and could
not be controled through medical care at the cost of
hundreds and hundreds of dollars, were relieved through
sexual stimulation a mano using a warm moist tHOWEL and
aloe gel, hence PROVING The Puppy Wizard's SYNDROME.

Of curse, The Puppy Wizard recommended BEING NICE,
but not THAT NICE. HE recommneds using the relaxing
methods taught in your FREE copy of The Puppy Wizard's
FREE WWW Wits' End Dog Training Method Manual, not
becoming a sex surrogate for the hyperactive little Maxie.

Magnesium is nature's muscle (and brain) relaxant.
B6 is used in over 200 biochemical reactions. It works
with magnesium and essential fatty acids (EPA, DHA)
to calm inflammed neurons. B6 has been used for
morning sickness and carpal tunnel syndrome for a century.
C reduces inflamations and may prevent chd and may be
effective for critcal care given IV for stuff like distemper
or parvo.

Upsetting the delicate balances of acids, hormones,
all the electro chemicals necessary for neuro STUFF
by overstressing / undernourishing, is what precipitates
the devastating physical DIS-EASES nHOWE known
as The Puppy Wizard's SYNDROME we're seein so
much of here abHOWETS in the dogs on The Puppy
Wizard's FREE WWW Wits' End Dog Training Method
Forum, every thing from seizures to neuro myopathies
degenerative nuropathies and myalgias, glaucoma,
adrenal / thyroid / endocrine DIS-EASE, blindness and
even dental DIS-EASE.

The Puppy Wizard has seen little need to clean HIS
dog's teeth. If you look at the dogs with dental DIS-EASE
you'll probably find them to be anxiHOWES neurotic
excessive chewers and fast eaters.

Perhaps instead of over supplementing we should
concentrate on a nutritious diet with the correct balances
of building blocks particularly vitamin C and omega 3 fatty
acids, remove toxins from the environment, including and
ESPECIALLY STRESS, food preservatives, allergens and
phenols in HOWEshold cleaners to allHOWE the body
to function at it's best.

Recent research at UCLA sez emotional stress from
scolding / embarrassment / punishment / rejection, causes
MOORE DAMAGE than the stress from physical punishment.

Took em long enough, didn't it?

The Puppy Wizard. <} ; ~ ) >

http://www.econ.uiuc.edu/~hanko/Bio/stress.html

Everyone experiences stress. Whether it is everyday hassles, such as
being stuck in traffic, or more acute forms of stress, such as pain
or
traumatic experiences, stress plays a part in everyone's lives. In
this
paper I will discuss the various forms of stress, how stress affects
the immune system, and how that affectation influences diseases.

Before diving right into the technical aspects of stressors and the
immune system, I need to define several terms. A stressor is any
stimuli that causes a nonspecific response in an indidual, otherwise
known as stress (Elliott and Eisdorfer, 1982).

There are two main catagories of stress: acute and chronic. Acute
stressors include unpleasant films, understimulation/work underload,
overstimulation/work overload, unexpected or uncontrollable noise,
prestige or status loss, electric shock, uncontrollable situations,
physical illness, surgery, threats to self-esteem, and traumatic
experiences. Chronic stressors include sleep deprivation, daily
"hassles", work overload or underload, role strains, or social
isolation. There are, of course, many more things that can cause
stress, but these are the stressors most commonly used in
experimental
research and most commonly seen in the general population (Elliott
and
Eisdorfer, 1982).

While there is no way to predict conclusively how an individual will
respond to different stressors, stress does cause some common
changes.
Emotionally, stress can lead to feelings of depression, anxiety, and
anger (McEwen & Stellar, 1993). But even these seemingly simple
reactions have high degrees of expressivity, and different
individuals
are affected in different ways.

Individual differences in responding to challenge are products of
genetics, developmental and environmental influences, and experience
(McEwen & Stellar, 1993). Some people may cope well with stress,
rising
to the challenge and meeting their goals. Others may be more
adversely
affected by stressors, leading to mental as well as physical fatigue.

But under what mechanism does this occur? How does stress, a vague
and
ambiguous term, cause specific and documented changes in the body?

In order to understand these changes, I must first introduce you to
the
immune system. The immune system protects the body from disease
organisms and other foreign bodies, known as antigens. The first line
of defense is local barriers such as the skin, peritoneum, etc, and
inflammation due to immunoglobulins, or antibodies. If those fail to
block or destroy the antigens, the cell-mediated immune response and
the humoral immune response kick in. The cell-mediated response uses
sensitized T cells (white blood cells derived in the thymus) to
recognize, attach to, and render antigens inactive. Other types of T
cells, helper T cells, which aid in production of antibodies by B
(bone
marrow) cells, and suppressor/cytotoxic T cells, which inhibit that
production, are also essential for proper immune system function.
Helper T cells are also known as CD4 cells, and suppressor T cells
are
known as CD8 cells (Glaser, Anderson & Anderson, 1992).

Studies by Manuck, et al in 1991 showed that psychological stressors
induced cell division among CD8 cells, thereby increasing the number
of
CD8 cells and suppressing immune function. However, this response was
only seen in those subjects who also showed high heart rate change
and
catecholamine change during the stressors. This was consistent with
the
theory that there are two groups of people ­ those who are "high
reactors", and those who are "low reactors". High reactors are
significantly affected by stress, as shown by a significant increase
in
heart rate, blood pressure, catecholamines, and CD8 cells. Low
reactors
show little or no change in those areas (Manuck, et al, 1991).

Catecholamines are chemicals produced by the body that work in nerve
transmission. The three main catecholamines include dopamine,
epinephrine, and norepinephrine. Dopamine raises the heart rate and
blood pressure, epinephrine raises heart rate and opens blood vessels
(lowering blood pressure), and norepinephrine closes blood vessels
(raising blood pressure) (Glaser, Anderson & Anderson, 1992).
Epinephrine and norepinephrine are the catecholamines most commonly
measured in stress experiments, and both increase under stress.
Increases such as these can suppress aspects of immune function,
including natural killer cell (cells that attack antigens without
having recognized them first) activity. Increases in catacholemines
may
also rapidly alter cell numbers via redistribution (Naliboff, et al,
1991). In fact, changes in epinephrine levels are thought to reflect
lymphocyte migration from bone marrow, the extremities, and the
thymus
(Kiecolt-Glaser, et al, 1992) to other areas of the body.

How do these chemical changes influence disease? It is well known
that
asthma, diabetes, various gastro-intestinal disorders, heart disease
and viral infections are influenced by stress, but to what extent?
When
the immune system is suppressed, as it is under stress, latent
viruses
can obviously stage a comeback, but how does stress affect non-viral
diseases?

In asthma, a disease which involves both external and internal
factors,
it is the internal factor that is most affected by acute effects of
psychological stressors. Studies have shown that children with
chronic
asthma inprove considerably when away from their parents. The changes
may have resulted from removal of an interaction that produced
frequent
stressful situations. In 1974, Liebman et al successfully used family
therapy to treat severe and chronic asthma in seven out of seven
children. Additionally, asthmatics exposed to a harmless substance
that
they thought they were allergic to illicited a severe attack (Elliott
&
Eisdorfer, 1982). Even more importantly, interactions between
antigens
and immunoglobulin E antibodies lead to the release of histamine,
which
blocks airways, and other mediating agents (Elliot & Eisdorfer,
1982).
When antigens have an easier time invading the body, as they do under
stress, the number of such interactions increases considerably.

Diabetes mellitus, the most common form of diabetes, is significantly
affected by stress. Physical or psychological stressors can alter
insulin needs; stressors may often be responsible for episodes of
loss
of control, especially in diabetic children. Type II diabetes is most
often affected by stress, as it tends to occur in overweight adults
and
is a less severe form of diabetes (Elliot & Eisdorfer, 1982).
Additionally, children who had stressful life events stemming from
actual or threatened losses within the family and occuring between
ages
5 and 9 had a significantly higher risk of Type I diabetes (McEwen &
Stellar, 1993).

Gastrointestinal diseases such as peptic ulcers and ulcerative
colitis
are known to be greatly influenced by stress. Peptic ulcers occur
twice
as often in air traffic controllers as in civilian copilots, and
occured more frequently among air traffic controllers at high-stress
control centers (Chicago O'Hare, La Guardia, JFK, and Los Angeles
International Airport) than at low-stress control centers (airports
in
less-populated cities in Virginia, Ohio, Texas, and Michigan).
Although
stress is a major risk factor in peptic ulcers, more than 20 other
factors are thought to be associated as well; blood type, sex, HLA
antigen type, alcoholic cirrhosis, hypertension, chronic obstructive
pulmonary disease, cigarette smoking, and even consumption of coffee,
carbonated beverages or milk during college (Elliott & Eisdorfer,
1982).

Ulcers are caused by excessive stomach acid, and studies of patients
with gastric fistulas (openings leading from the stomach to the
outside
of the body) have shown that anger and hostility increase stomach
acidity, while depression and withdrawal decrease it. Stress ulcers
frequently occur in patients who experience severe trauma, extensive
surgery, major burns or infections, brain injury or surgery, or other
catastrophic events. Stress ulcers are quite different from peptic
ulcers; they are acute, hemorrhagic (bleeding), and are usually
preceeded by shock (Ballieux, 1984).

Myocardial infarction (MI, or heart attack) is the best-known example
of an acute health problem that is usually precipitated by both acute
and chronic physical or psychological stress. Interactions between
diet
and stress lead to a condition that promotes endocrine imbalances
that
alter body fat distributions, as well as increase atherosclerosis
(plaque buildup in the arteries). Studies have shown that people with
Type A behavior (unusually aggressive, competitive, work-oriented,
and
urgent behavior) have a much higher incidence of heart attacks than
do
Type B people, who exhibit fewer of these traits. In addition, Type A
behavior is associated with high cholesterol, triglycerides,
glucocorticoids; a greater insulin response to glucose; increased
severity of coronary artery lesions; and greater range and magnitude
of
blood pressure and catecholamine responses to timed tests (Elliott &
Eisdorfer, 1982). As stated earlier, stress increases catecholamines,
and the increase of plasma catecholamines enhances platelet
aggregation, lowers the threshold to cardiac arrythmias, induces
narrowing of the blood vessels, and suppresses insulin secretion
(McEwen & Stellar, 1993). All of these combined can lead to a very
high
risk of heart attack or angina.

Psychological stress has also been shown to increase susceptibility
to
viral infection. Subjects exposed to stress showed increases in
infection rates from 74% to 90%, and clinical colds rose from 27% to
47%. Earlier studies have shown that medical students have an
increased
risk of mononucleosis during examination periods (McEwen & Stellar,
1993). This is not surprising, as stress does suppress the immune
system; latent viruses then have an easier time resurging, since the
body cannot defend itself as well (Brosschot, et al, 1994). This is
supported by studies showing that colds and other infections manifest
themselves on weekends after busy and stressful work weeks.
Additionally, studies on monkeys have shown that ulceration showed up
most severely during the rest and recovery periods, rather than
during
the stress period itself (McEwen & Stellar, 1993).

In conclusion, psychological stress does have a significant affect on
the immune system. It raises catecholamine and CD8 levels, which
suppresses the immune system. This suppression, in turn, raises the
risk of viral infection. Stress also leads to the release of
histamines, which can trigger severe broncoconstriction in asthmatics.

Stress increases the risk for diabetes mellitus, especially in
overweight individuals, since psychological stress alters insulin
needs. Psychological stress also alters the acid concentration in the
stomach, which can lead to peptic ulcers, stress ulcers, or
ulcerative
colitis. Chronic stress can also lead to plaque buildup in the
arteries, especially if combined with a high-fat diet. This buildup
is
called atherosclerosis, and is often responsible for angina or heart
attacks, which are usually brought on by acute stress themselves.

These diseases are by no means the only ones connected with
psychological
stress, although they are the most common. Further research is needed
to clarify exactly how stressors contribute to each of these
problems,
so that treatment can be given to protect the body from these diseases

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