Paracetamol can cause allergies and asthma in children

According to research results published in the Journal of Medical and Allergy Testing, the use of paracetamol in young children may be related to the development of allergies and asthma later.

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Scientists investigated the use of paracetamol for 505 babies and 914 babies aged 5-6 years in Christchurch, New Zealand to see if they have signs of asthma or allergy sensitivity. or not.

Results showed that 95% of children under six years of age used paracetamol at high risk of asthma and wheezing. However, these findings depend on the dose of paracetamol they have used.

Professor Julian Crane of Otago University in Wellington, New Zealand and the author of the study said the problem is that the use of paracetamol is very common for young children.

Meanwhile, the biggest finding is that children who use this drug before 15 months of age are three times more likely to be sensitive to allergic ingredients and twice as likely to have asthma symptoms than children. Do not use paracetamol.

Besides, he also said that more research is needed to clarify this while the benefit of using paracetamol to reduce fever is still greater than the risk of later allergy.

Crane also pointed out some other options for reducing fever, but note that aspirin has not been used for more than 30 years because it is related to Reye's sudden death syndrome in young children.

Even so, he said that in the absence of any other options and studies of causality links are not yet clear, paracetamol still needs to be used at the present time. And " if I have a child with a fever, I will have to give him paracetamol ," he added.