Experts say that short-term stress forces the body to be alert. When we injure ourselves, the body immediately tries to solve the problem - it treats the injury and increases our immunity to protect us from inflammation.
Short-term stress works the same way. First, it creates free radicals and hormones such as cortisol, which harm the body. But then the situation changes, and the body does not feel damaged and begins to recover.
But when the stress effect is long-term, that is, chronic, there are many dangers for our body. Unfortunately, according to American experts, these dangers include the danger of premature birth.
Researchers from the University of Colorado have found that higher stress levels during pregnancy (second and third trimesters) are associated with increased cytokine production, and also increases the risk of complications such as premature birth or preeclampsia.
Preeclampsia is a potentially dangerous condition characterized by high blood pressure and protein content in the urine. It develops in the early stages of pregnancy, but dangerous symptoms (headaches, blurred vision or sensitivity to light) appear later, in the second half.
In addition to the mentioned study, it was also found that infants after cesarean section (CS) are more prone to asthma!
The results of recent studies have shown that children born by COP are more likely to develop asthma, up to the third year of life.
This conclusion was reached by Norwegian scientists who analyzed the medical data of almost 37,000 women who gave birth naturally (vaginally) or by emergency COP.
The results showed that children born with CS had a slightly increased risk of asthma by the third year of life, but not an increased risk of frequent lower respiratory tract infections. The highest risk of asthma was observed among infants whose mothers did not suffer from allergies.
"CS alone is unlikely to cause an increased risk of asthma. Children born this way are more vulnerable and therefore more susceptible to disease," explained Maria Magnus, a scientist at the Norwegian Institute of Public Health.
Possible causes of an increased risk of asthma in children born by COP include altered bacterial flora in the intestine, which affects the development of their immune system. These babies are more prone to more serious breathing problems during the first weeks of life.
The results of the study are published in the American Journal of Epidemiology. BetOnRed
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