British company Healthspan experts in the survey attended by over 2000 people, found that bacteria and viruses that children bring into the house of the schools, kindergartens and different sections, "settle" in the first place on moms.
Cross "pollination"
The survey showed, for the period of the childhood of their offspring - that is, for 18 years - my mother pick up bacterial and viral diseases about 324 times. And you guessed it, the infection sources is your favorite "flowers of life"
Approximately 68% of survey participants reported that after births have become much more frequent. Moreover, mom calculated that feel almost healthy, not more than 13 days per month. Statistics mother's ailing 18-year average is as follows:
- 54 times they get sick SARS;
- 108 times suffered from sore throat or runny nose;
- annually - that is at least 18 times - get the flu;
- 36 times (every two years) suffering from gastrointestinal infection;
- once the risk of catching lice from children.
Psychologist Meg Errol believes that such "heroic" behavior of mothers may be due to innate feminine function to do everything to save his offspring. "In the days of our ancestors, a man had to be strong, ready to repel an external threat, and the woman taking care of the family.
From a biological point of view, we are not too much has changed since then, and in an emergency instincts prevail. Moms are willing to take care of others, to the detriment of themselves, while the Pope hoard the strength to get better soon, and begin again to protect the family, "- explained Errol.
And as a dad?
By the way, studies have shown that the stronger sex symptoms of viral diseases are expressed more strongly, for this reason, they actually feel worse, picked up a cold. That infected by children whose fathers are ill "in full", although they picked up from the children of infection is much less common, as more resistant to viruses. But if the mother carries the cold on the feet and care of the child, ill fathers often remain sick in bed.
