It is the disablement and not the lethality of a spouse's illness that can be harmful to you and contribute to your risk of dying.
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You can save my life by taking better care of my spouse as she dies. People care about the burden of their death on their loved ones. When I'm sick I want to know the impact of my health on the health of my loved ones.Nicholas Christakis
We showed you can die of a broken heart not just when your partner dies, but when your partner falls ill. We showed it is not just death that can give you a broken heart, but illness -- even when the spouses don't die.
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Spousal illness or death may impose stress on a partner or deprive a partner of social, emotional, economic, or other practical support. When a spouse falls ill or dies, partners may increase harmful behavior, such as drinking. Stress and lack of social support may also adversely affect immunologic measures, so spousal hospitalization may have physiological effects on partners.
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Initially the partner is at increased risk from heart attack, suicide, and accidents. I am shocked my wife is sick and I stop paying attention when driving. And there is an increase in infections.
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We showed it's not just death that can give you a broken heart, but illness in your spouse can give you a broken heart and contribute to death.
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It's the disabling of the disease that can harm (the partner). Having a spouse with cancer doesn't really increase my risk of death.
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