Multiple Choice
Prolonged stress can increase one's vulnerability to illness in part because recurrent autonomic nervous system arousal leads to
A) an elevated NK cell count.
B) inflammation of body tissues.
C) reduced cortisol levels.
D) an increased production of lymphocytes.
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