Stress in Pregnancy Increase the Risk of Asthma
Tags: asthma, asthmatic children, immunity system, oily fish, Pregnancy
Women who suffer stress during pregnancy may deliver a child with asthma, according to the researchers.
The findings suggest that 16 percent of the asthmatic children were being delivered by the mother who suffered stress during the pregnancy and those without the condition have very low ratio of the asthmatic children.
Lead researcher, John Henderson, said: “this could happen when body naturally react against the stress and produce some hormonal changes which my affect the developing infant and immunity system in the womb that may express themselves in the later age.
The study, which was carried out by the University of the Bristol, was including more than 14,000 children. They were under total monitoring to analyze the effects of different lifestyles on growth, intelligence and overall health.
The key purpose of the study was to determine the way of optimize health and development of the children. The important findings includes that the left-handed children do less well that the right-handed children and the women who eat oily fish during pregnancy have children with better visual development.
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