More Requirements for the Combat Patch. In order to be eligible for the combat patch, soldiers must be serving in a theater or an area of operation that has been designated a hostile environment. Alternatively, Congress must pass a Declaration of War.
When stress is constant, your body remains in high gear off and on for days or weeks at a time. Although the link between stress and heart disease isnât clear, chronic stress may cause some people to drink too much alcohol which can increase your blood pressure and may damage the artery walls.
Salt/Sodium Studies have also shown that when stress causes hypertension (high blood pressure) because of the examples above, your body may have trouble excreting sodium. Thus high blood pressure may be somewhat self-sustaining as a result of anxiety, because sodium also causes an increase in blood pressure.