Tuesday, December 14, 2010

Smoking pregnant women facing infant asthma


Smoking pregnant women leads to severe neonatal disease, especially bronchial asthma

This conclusion is contained in the report of Turkish doctors, published today, Anatolian Agency.

At the recent European Congress in Vienna, pulmonologists were given many years of research data. They suggest that the risk of the birth of the baby with a serious violation of the lung increased six-fold if the expectant mother not to give up smoking at such a crucial period for her. It is reported by AMI-TASS

The agency also notes that because of the bad habits of the mother the infant and strongly lose weight. It also adversely affects his overall health. In particular, it was found that babies of smoking mothers by an average of 210-215 grams weigh less than nonsmokers.

Confirmation of this disturbing trend revealed by careful observations have become doctors in 1996-2008 of approximately 3500 newborns who were diagnosed with asthma in the postpartum period

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