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How Depression Harms Your Health

  By Renita Tisha Pinto  posted Jan 9th 2013 at 7:30AM IN | Avg Rating
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A common mental illness, depression can be caused by failure, heartbreak or any other emotional loss. Depression can completely jeopardise your social life, and land you in a state of emotional turmoil. Depression can cause a series of chronic and acute health ailments. Today, we have Dr. Vihang Vahia – Psychiatrist at Breach Candy Hospital, Mumbai, sharing a few effects of depression on your health, so that timely recognition would help you to combat the negative features… *Images courtesy: © Thinkstock photos/ Getty Images

  • Effect of Depression #1: Heart disease
  • Effect of Depression #2: Lowering immune power
  • Effect of Depression #3: Change in appetite
  • Effect of Depression #4: Sleepless nights
  • Effect of Depression #5: Headaches and backaches
  • Effect of Depression #6: Fluctuation in the blood pressure
  • Effect of Depression #7: Fatigue
  • Effect of Depression #8: Decreased libido
  • Effect of Depression #9: Socially lost
  • Effect of Depression #10: Irritability

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