Here's another reason to make sure you manage your stress effectively - it can cause problems for your children's health. This is according to a study conducted by researchers at the University of Manitoba in Canada. Ongoing stress experienced by mothers was shown to increase their child's chances of developing asthma by around 25%. This effect was found even when environmental factors were accounted for. Asthma is a condition that affects the respiratory system and causes wheezing, coughing, shortness of breath and chest tightness.
I agree that for a person's well being it is important to manage stress. However, from the above comment there are many questions that need to be answered, such as, has the study been conducted on expectant mothers, or on newborn babies or on children with asthma history or on children with no asthma history? or is the increase of asthma more evident in children where family history has shown existence of Asthma? Asthma is a difficult and stressful situation to deal with. My daughter was diagnosed with having asthma. I use the term "was" because she has effectively been off steroids and any puffs like Ventolin etc. I noticed that her asthma attack increased stress in me rather than my stress triggering her asthma.
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