Carers find stress is a cause of reduced immune system
bythemethod | July 22, 2008Parents who care for children with developmental problems are likely to suffer from a reduced immune system. This reduction leaves them open to illness.
In a recent report produced by reasearchers at Birmingham University – reported in the journal Brain, Behavior, and Immunity – found that carers of children with developmental problems had a poorer immune response to a vaccine against pneumonia.
The reason for this? Increased stress.
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Stress can have a deteremental effect on the immune system which has big implications for any sufferer.
The reduced immune system will leave you open to all kinds of problems and is likely to result in more absence from work. Coughs and colds as well as more serious problems are all made more likely and worse by stress.
The answer is to manage that stress effectively.
