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Outline the relationship between stress and the immune system and consider whether research supports this relationship.
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Outline the relationship between stress and the immune system and consider whether research supports this relationship: "There are two main categories 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). The immune system protects the body from germ and virus organisms as well as other foreign bodies, known as antigens. The first line of defence is local barriers such as the skin, peritoneum, etc, and inflammation due to immunoglobulins (antibodies). If these fail to block...
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