3rd para

Question 1

Chronic stress and coronary heart disease

Answer 1

High levels of circulating fats/glucose lead to the formation of plaques which increase risk of (myocardial infarction) and stroke (Sarafino, 2011)

Adrenaline alters blood platelets making them more likely to clot –> atherosclerosis (Sapolsky, 2004)

Question 2

What did McEwan (1998) find?

Answer 2

Chronic exposure to stress can also lead our response systems to become exhausted –> hypoactivity