Good or Bad Stress: Stress is the body's natural response to challenging situations. It is often labelled as the alert system of the body, which is not always bad. The alertness improves performance and eliminates the chances of consequences.
However, this alarm system is normal only in stressful situations like a meeting or traffic. If stress is regular with no active triggers and slowly builds up, it turns into chronic stress that slowly leads to mental health and lifestyle issues, especially for women.
Stress impacts the hormonal balance of the body, leading to hormonal lifestyle issues like PCOS in women that impact their menstrual cycle and, in turn, affect their immunity and other health markers.
Tune into the full video as doctor expert Vidhi Chawla decodes all about stress and how it impacts women.