Children taking early antibiotics are more prone to asthma

Using antibiotics when young children will increase the risk of developing asthma later. That is the new research result of Canadian experts.

Dr. Kozyrskyj, of the University of Manitoba in Winnipeg, and her colleagues analyzed data from 13,116 children born in 1995.

Using antibiotics in the first year of life is more likely to increase your child's risk of asthma in the following years. Moreover, this risk is even higher if antibiotics continue to be used. The risk of asthma will increase by 46% compared to children who do not take antibiotics when they are under 1 year old.

Experts recommend that experts advise parents to note that many infectious diseases in children are caused by viruses and the use of antibiotics in these cases is often ineffective. Therefore, it is better to try to avoid having children take antibiotics for the first year.

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