The stress of violence increases the risk of asthma

Children who have a physical or sexual abuse, the risk of asthma is twice as high, according to Puerto Rican scientists. According to the head of research by Dr. Juan C. Celedon of Harvard Medical School in Boston, this information is of significant value for the mutual dependence of two reasons: On the one hand, the importance of screening for the presence of asthma in children - victims of physical and sexual abuse, on the other hand - so far unknown fact shows such abuse in children with asthma. Scientists conducted a study surveying 1,213 children to the violence at home or in another setting. They found that 40% of children were diagnosed with asthma. For one year prior to the study 14% of these children had experienced an act of violence, 7% have themselves been victims of violence of all kinds, and 6% had physical violence or sexual assaults are suffered, the researchers reported. According to experts, it is not the mechanism of the relationship between asthma and stressful life events. Researchers continue to work on the investigation of the mechanisms underlying this relationship. Also according to a recent study, reduces sweating the risk of asthma.