When teaching about the stress-age syndrome, what information should the nurse include? (select all that apply)
a. Decreased cortisol secretion
b. Decreased thyroxine
c. Immunodepression
d. Increased catecholamine secretion
e. Hypercoagulation of the blood
f. Free-radical damage
ANS: B, C, D, E, F
The stress-age syndrome includes alterations in the excitability of structures of the limbic system and hypothalamus; rise of the blood concentration of catecholamines, ADH, ACTH, and cortisol; decrease in testosterone, thyroxine, and others; alterations of opioid peptides; immunodepression and pattern of chronic inflammation; alterations in lipoproteins; hypercoagulation of the blood; and free-radical damage of cells.
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