Stress as a cause of pathology

The relevance of the study is due to the high occurrence of stressful situations. Almost every person at least once in his life faced with psycho-emotional stress. Because of it, the development and deterioration of the course of a number of pathological conditions and chronic diseases occurs, but not everyone associates this with stress, which is of interest to study. With strong and prolonged psycho-emotional stress, the stress reaction, which usually helps the body to adapt, turns into a factor in pathogenesis. In this article, stress is considered as the cause of pathology, the sources of its occurrence are studied, and the influence of psycho-emotional stress on various body systems is analyzed. The paper also presents an analysis of the data obtained as a result of online surveys.