Alexithymia presents a deficit in identifying and expressing emotions, paucity of fantasies, and an externally oriented cognitive style. Numerous recent studies have documented that alexithymia is significantly related to dysregulation of immune functions. These findings implicate that stressors related to alexithymia could underlie the process of immune dysregulation that likely presents a significant risk factor in pathogenesis of several psychosomatic illnesses. In this article various findings on immune dysregulation in alexithymia are reviewed and discussed.
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Uher, T. (2010). Alexithymia and immune dysregulation: A critical review. Activitas Nervosa Superior. Neuroscientia o.s. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03379564
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