Stress diseases

Hughes, M.F. and Kitchin, K.T. (2006) Arsenic, oxidative stress and carcinogenesis, in Oxidative Stress, Disease and Cancer (ed. K.K. Singh), Imperial College Press, London, pp. 825-50. 

Hocking F Psychiatric aspects of extreme environmental stress. Diseases of the Nervous System 31 542-545, 1970... 

Oxidative stress, rather than being the primary cause of disease, is more often a secondary complication in many disorders. Oxidative stress diseases include inflammatoiy bowel diseases, retinal ischemia, cardiovascular disease and restenosis, AIDS, ARDS, and neurodegenerative diseases such as stroke. Parkin-son s disease, and Alzheimer s disease. Such indications may prove amenable to antioxidant treatment because there is a clear involvement of oxidative injury in these disorders. 

Fletcher, B. C. (1991). Work, Stress, Disease and Life Expectancy. Chichester, UK Wiley. 

Here is a short but most fascinating look at the history of evolution With the stepwise loss of the enzyme uricase the quantity of uric acid increases along with further development. Very low uric acid quantities are found in lower mammals, for example porpoises (other values are 0.2 mg% in lemurs, 1,0 mg% in monkeys, and 2 mg% in anthropoids). Hyperuricemia depends on genetic factors, age, diet, alcohol, psychological and physical overload, stress, diseases (for example, polycythemia, ketose), and drugs (for example, thiacides). 

The effects of long-term stresses on the human body and mind are not clearly understood. Certain so called stress diseases such as asthma, duodenal ulcer and coronary heart disease may be aggravated at times of stress but a direct cause/effect relationship is difficult to prove. 

Environmental Stresses Diseases, Injuries, and Surgery Summary Balancing Energy Intakes and Expenditures... 

Slaughterhouses. On the cutting floor of a slaughterhouse, workers slice cattle carcasses on mechanical assembly lines that move at a rate of up to 400 carcasses per hour. In addition to causing deep cuts and dismemberment, the repetitive motions can cause carpal tunnel syndrome and other repetitive stress diseases. The animal slaughtering and processing industry reported almost 27,000 lost workday injuries in 2008. ... 

Due to tidal conditions in the Fraser River, this effluent can pool and spread across the river within two hours at slack tide, exposing millions of juvenile salmon and eulachon larvae during downstream migrations. During low river flows, the effluent from Annacis STP, for example, can reside in the river for up to 1.7 days. M or concerns exist regarding the lethal and sublethal effects of the toxidty of the effluent on both anadromous and nonanadromous fish in terms of bioaccumulation, stress, disease, reproduction, feeding behavior, etc. Despite these concerns there are no techniques currently in place to link these effects to overall impacts on fish populations. 

Key words fish, stress, disease susceptibility, immunity. 

PETERS, G. SCHWARZER, R. (1985) Changes in hemopoietic tissue of rainbow trout under influence of stress. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms. 1,1-10. 

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