Study may help doctors identify
children at risk for asthma
This study is potentially helpful in
identifying early on children who could
be at an increased risk for developing
asthma.
However, the study looked only
at a unique population of...
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Study may help doctors identify
children at risk for asthma
This study is potentially helpful in
identifying early on children who could
be at an increased risk for developing
asthma.
However, the study looked only
at a unique population of premature
babies born to women who had symptoms
that had been clinically diagnosed as
chorioamnionitis during pregnancy.
It
did not consider subclinical patients –
those mothers who had no symptoms
but who have had the infection, which
is estimated to affect 40 to 60 percent of
preterm infants.
“Once the unborn
baby’s lungs have been
exposed to this inflammation,
the infant may be predisposed
to respiratory diseases such as
childhood asthma.
”
Women’s Health
Hubert O.
Ballard, MD
Neonatologist
What the news
means for you
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Babies born prematurely and exposed before
birth to a bacterial infection of the placenta
could have an increased risk for developing
asthma by age 8
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