Medscape (3/25, Lowry, Subscription Publication) reports, “People who suffer abuse as children continue to have higher levels of inflammatory biomarkers as adults, likely placing them at increased risk for chronic health problems,” researchers concluded. In an 85-participant study “assessing trajectories of inflammation over a three-year period in healthy adults, those who reported higher rates of physical, sexual, or emotional abuse had higher levels of bio-inflammatory blood markers vs those who reported lower rates of abuse,” the study revealed. In addition, “these individuals…had significantly higher rates of loneliness and depression.” The findings were presented at the virtual Anxiety and Depression Association of America Conference 2021.
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