Roseburg, OR: Traumatized young kids have more chronic illnesses

April 4, 2018, Roseburg (OR) News—Review: Study shows childhood trauma related to chronic health conditions https://www.nrtoday.com/news/health/study-shows-childhood-trauma-related-to-chronic-health-conditions/article_667a7b06-0653-5961-8eac-68fb4f0f2b7a.html Part 2 in a series on Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) and this week, the impact on children. The link between childhood trauma/toxic stress and adult health outcomes is striking. A study done by Kaiser Permanente and the Center for Disease Control and long-term effects of Adverse Childhood Experiences found a strong graded relationship between ACEs and many chronic health conditions. As ACEs went up, so too did the diabetes, obesity, cancer, heart disease, COPD, liver disease, etc. … … Since the original study, subsequent research has focused on the “mechanism” of transforming childhood experiences into disease. The central nervous system that controls the stress response, closely interacts with the body’s immune, hormone, metabolic and clotting systems. … By any definition, the tripling of child maltreatment is a public health emergency — one that will impact the health of our community for years to come. These children are in schools, become adults, work in our workforce, populate our jails, and will have families with children of their own…. What lies ahead for these children, the ones being robbed by the ACE thieves of our community if we don’t come together? The evidence has been mounting for over 20 years that the chronic diseases that plague communities, schools, agencies and institutions, and which physicians, dentists and mental health providers treat in adulthood, are rooted in a disease of childhood — ACEs; but the science has not yet been connected with our practices. …