This is Marit's Parkinson's Story and Asthma Story. I call her story a #Chrillog, which stands for "chronic illness weblogs," in which we look at our journeys through a nervous system and trauma lens. Introduction My name is Marit, I am 58 years old and I live in Norway. I worked as a nurse ...
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#4 Stress During Pregnancy, Birth and Infancy Increases Risk for Chronic Illness (Type 1 Diabetes, Asthma, ME/CFS)
The research presented in the past 3 posts taught me that adversity, trauma and stress during pregnancy as well as during birth and infancy increase risk for chronic illness such as type 1 diabetes and asthma. And that my mother and I had experienced similarly stressful events. This post ...
#2 Adverse Babyhood Experiences and Asthma: Separation in Early Life is a Risk Factor for Chronic Illness
This second post of my chronic illness and trauma series builds on early risk factors for autoimmune disease such as type 1 diabetes that I introduced in post #1. It focuses on similar links between adverse babyhood experiences and asthma. Here you'll see how a child's chronic illness - asthma in ...