Asthma in kids linked to moms
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February 3, 2010, Wednesday
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UNITED States researchers have linked mothers' infection during pregnancy to asthma, the most common chronic disease among American children, in their offspring.
A 16-year study following nearly 400,000 births in California found that when mothers had an inflammation known as chorioamnionitis and if a baby was born pre-term, that child was more likely to develop asthma by age 8.
Such inflammation of the placenta or amniotic fluid can result from a number of bacterial infections of the vagina, including E. coli and group B streptococci.
Chorioamnionitis complicates 8 percent of pregnancies, according to the study published on Monday in the Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine.
Dr Darious Getahun of the West Los Angeles Medical Center, who led the study, said doctors had assumed that being born pre-term was the reason children developed asthma later in life.
The study showed that chorioamnionitis is a factor in asthma independent of pre-term birth, Getahun said.
Getahun said the findings point out the importance of prenatal care.
"Women sometimes tend to underestimate the importance of prenatal care and miss opportunities for finding this type of problem before it occurs," he said.
A 16-year study following nearly 400,000 births in California found that when mothers had an inflammation known as chorioamnionitis and if a baby was born pre-term, that child was more likely to develop asthma by age 8.
Such inflammation of the placenta or amniotic fluid can result from a number of bacterial infections of the vagina, including E. coli and group B streptococci.
Chorioamnionitis complicates 8 percent of pregnancies, according to the study published on Monday in the Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine.
Dr Darious Getahun of the West Los Angeles Medical Center, who led the study, said doctors had assumed that being born pre-term was the reason children developed asthma later in life.
The study showed that chorioamnionitis is a factor in asthma independent of pre-term birth, Getahun said.
Getahun said the findings point out the importance of prenatal care.
"Women sometimes tend to underestimate the importance of prenatal care and miss opportunities for finding this type of problem before it occurs," he said.
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