Experienced intense chronic stress with the responsibility

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Question content area top Part 1 For the past three? years, 64-year-old Billie has experienced intense chronic stress with the responsibility of raising two? teen-age grandsons who have a history of drug possession and other minor misdemeanors. When Billie was recently diagnosed with cardiovascular? disease, her doctor asked her about the stress in her life. The cardiologist explained the correlation between chronic stress and health problems such as cardiovascular disease. Which of the following accounts for this? correlation?

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A. Immune system becomes? under-responsive to cortisol and sets off a series of other adaptations

B. Stress response system shuts down and stops producing cytokines needed for cardiovascular functions

C. Immune system becomes overreactive to cortisol and sets off a series of other adaptations

D. Stress response system becomes increasingly more efficient and interferes with autonomic processes

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