How Does Stress Impact the Immune System?
Stress is real. It can produce illness which has been coined as stress induced illness. There are a diversity of reactions to stress. In brief, stress causes increases in adrenal gland hormones including corticosteroid and catecholamine. These hormones actually inhibit white blood cells and cause the thymus to shrink. Suppression of immune function often results in direct proportion to the level of stress.
