[Regnum] Loneliness increases the risk of cardiovascular disease, which impacts life expectancy.Cardiologist, therapist, and functional diagnostics specialist Andrei Kondrakhin told Regnum News Agency on Monday, June 1.
Of heart disease, depression, anxiety, and probably other things as well. People need people, at least some of the time."Several scientific studies show that single people live shorter lives than couples, but there are objective reasons for this. If we're talking about cardiovascular diseases, sometimes they're so severe that a person physically can't, for example, call an ambulance. A person may be left alone with the problem, and no one will help them," the doctor noted.
According to Kondrakhin, lonely people are in a state of chronic stress. High cortisol levels are particularly damaging to the cardiovascular system.
"Loneliness is, let's say, enduring all of life's troubles alone. It's hard because you have no one to share them with. This wears down our bodies. We have to do everything alone, without help, and it becomes especially difficult with age. Women cope with this more or less calmly, but men experience it much more severely. They are unable to cope with such a situation for long. In principle, this is difficult not only for the elderly but for anyone. We see a pattern: lonely people get sick more often and have more problems," the cardiologist concluded.
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