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October 09, 2010
Stressed Mothers May Exacerbate Child's Asthma
HealthDay (10/7, Preidt) reported, "A mother's negative emotions or behavior can worsen the severity of her child's asthma," according to a study published in the journal BioPsychoSocial Medicine.
After following 223 women for one year, researchers found that "among children older than seven years of age, a worsening of asthma was associated with mothers' excessive interference due to being overprotective. Among children younger than seven, more severe asthma symptoms were associated with mothers' chronic irritation and anger or a tendency to suppress expressions of emotion, the investigators found."
Lead investigator Jun Nagano told the UK's Daily Mail (10/7), "A mother's stress or wellbeing may be verbally or non-verbally conveyed to her child, and affect the child's asthmatic status via a psycho-physiological pathway, such as by immunoreactivity to allergens or a vulnerability to airway infections."
Related Links:
- "Mother's Stress, Interference May Worsen Child's Asthma," Robert Preidt, HealthDay, October 7, 2010.
- "Stressed mothers 'can make their children's asthma worse'," Daily Mail, October 7, 2010.
Posted by admin at October 9, 2010 01:06 PM