Stress hormone ‘a marker for ME’
Low levels of the stress hormone cortisol marks out children at higher risk of developing chronic fatigue syndrome as adults, experts believe.
These children if exposed to trauma, particularly emotional maltreatment and sexual abuse, had a six-fold increased risk for CFS, evidence shows.
Cortisol regulates the body’s response to stress and a lack may hinder this coping mechanism, say the US authors.
Their work is published in the journal Archives of General Psychiatry.
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on Jan 6th, 2009 and is filed under Children & General Health.
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