Childhood immune illnesses presage lifelong disease patterns.
http://www.environmentalhealthnews.org/ehs/newscience/common-diseases-occur-in-patterns-not-as-isolated-conditions/
"The immune system may underlie several, seemingly unrelated health problems, many of which surface in childhood and precede others experienced across a lifetime, according to researchers who liken these early life immune dysfunctions to canaries in a coal mine."
http://www.environmentalhealthnews.org/ehs/newscience/common-diseases-occur-in-patterns-not-as-isolated-conditions/
"The immune system may underlie several, seemingly unrelated health problems, many of which surface in childhood and precede others experienced across a lifetime, according to researchers who liken these early life immune dysfunctions to canaries in a coal mine."