New Study on Antibiotics and Asthma
Mothers may want to think twice before urging their pediatricians to give their sniffling babies an antibiotic. The New York Times reported Tuesday that a new study has found the use of antibiotics in the first year of life is associated with an increased risk for asthma at age 7.
Researchers learned that antibiotic use had a "greater impact" on children who would normally be considered low risk - those who live in rural areas and whose mothers did not have asthma - than city kids or those with a genetic predisposition.
Here's the story link:
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/19/health/19asth.html?_r=1&adxnnl=1&oref=slogin&adxnnlx=1182400995-0WwOySEjEKpJOF56g5+Dag
Researchers learned that antibiotic use had a "greater impact" on children who would normally be considered low risk - those who live in rural areas and whose mothers did not have asthma - than city kids or those with a genetic predisposition.
Here's the story link:
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/19/health/19asth.html?_r=1&adxnnl=1&oref=slogin&adxnnlx=1182400995-0WwOySEjEKpJOF56g5+Dag
1 Comments:
Watch for the pediatricians that prescribe an antibiotic, want to see you back in 10 days, "infection" is not clear, prescribe antibiotic, back in 10 days, repeat. We had a dr. like that, finally it dawned on me that something was not right(duh!)when at a well visit, he checked the ears and prescribed antibiotics. We switched pediatricians and guess what.... NO more ear infections. And we wonder why insurance costs are so high!
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