The diagnosis comes on average five years sooner than those who have children
Have one or more children 'protects' arthritis and diseases such as ankylosing spondylitis or psoriatic arthritis: the data presented show the last congress of the European League Against Rheumatism by a group of Norwegian scientists, that women children who do not have the diagnosis comes, on average five years sooner than those with children.
THE STUDY - Marianne Wallenius, the head of research, involving 557 women between 18 and 45 years, all with a diagnosis of chronic arthritis arrived before the age of menopause. The Wallenius analyzed data related to their disease to see if there was a correlation between the time of diagnosis and whether or not having given birth to a baby. The results show that the association exists and how as women without children fell ill and were diagnosed on average at 26 years, those with at least one child to 31. Five more years without disease, a difference that remained significant even considering the smoking habits (similar between the two groups) or level of education (higher in nulliparous). The rheumatoid factor, an autoantibody all'artrite not always associated arthritis is less present in women without children is in the blood of 37 percent of them, while women with children have this in 41 percent of cases. This difference is not significant, but which Wallenius may indicate an increased susceptibility of women with children to develop arthritis. Like say, the presence of a child may develop the disease but also sets in motion the mechanisms that keep the firm longer.
PROTECTION - Carlomaurizio Montecucco, president of the Italian Society of Rheumatology because of doubts on the rheumatoid factor: "Do not tell me much, but the studies presented at conferences in principle should be taken with the tongs and are not subject to thorough scrutiny to ensure its methodological correctness as in the case of papers published in scientific journals, the data must therefore be always re-elected. Having said that - continues the rheumatologist - that pregnancy has a protective effect and creates a sort of "suspension" of the risk of developing rheumatoid arthritis does not surprise me: during pregnancy more than 75 percent of patients improve, so some of the complex hormonal mechanisms in place during the nine months is obviously a positive effect on rheumatic diseases. The Wallenius adds: "The reasons behind what we have observed remain to be clarified. Chronic arthritis are more common in women in their childbearing age: our data show that pregnancy and lactation, however, may delay the appearance, "concludes the researcher.
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