臨床外科69巻3号

2014年03月発行

臨床の疑問に答える「ドクターAのミニレクチャー」・22

医師の仕事と病気―ストレスでがんになるか

著者： 安達洋祐¹

所属機関： ¹久留米大学医学部外科

ページ範囲：P.346 - P.349

素朴な疑問

　人類は身体的なストレスを克服して生き抜いてきたが，現代人は精神的なストレスが多く，医師の仕事はストレスを感じることが多い．消化性潰瘍や過敏性腸症候群などの消化器疾患は精神的なストレスが原因になるが，心臓病やがんなどの生命にかかわる病気もストレスが原因になるのだろうか．仕事のストレスが大きい人はがんになりやすいのだろうか．

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