Exposure to tobacco smoke during pregnancy is related to the risk of asthma in infants

Exposure to tobacco smoke during pregnancy or infants 3 to 15 months of age is associated with an increased risk of asthma in newborns. All published in a latest study.

To reach this conclusion, the team of scientists conducted a study of 376 newborns and received detailed information from their parents about smoking during pregnancy and in young times. at the age of 3-15 months.

Demographic, wheezing and asthma data are taken from the annual questionnaires until the child is six years old.

The main author, Dr. Philip Pattemore of Otago Christchurch University, New Zealand, said nicotine poisoning in smokers' hair increases with the number of smokers in the family, the frequency of daily smoking cigarettes at home and it. Also closely related to health during pregnancy.

Although the total amount of nicotine in hair in the participants was relatively low, higher nicotine levels were associated with the risk of developing asthma for babies in the womb as well as children after being born for about 15 months. year old.

This study appeared in Pediatric Journal of Pulmonology.

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