Paracetamol increases the risk of asthma

Paracetamol can aggravate asthma symptoms in children and adults and may lead to a more dangerous illness, according to newly published research.

Dr. John McBride and colleagues from Akron Children's Hospital in Ohio (USA) conducted research with 520,000 children in 54 countries around the world. The study was published in the American Journal of Pediatrics.

Scientists found that children aged 6 to 7 years who took paracetamol at least once a year had a 60% higher risk of asthma. This risk will be tripled if the child uses the drug once a month.

Paracetamol increases the risk of asthma in children.

A similar study was conducted with children aged 13 to 14 years. The results showed that the risk of developing asthma increased by 40% if paracetamol was used at least once a year. This risk will be doubled if the child uses the drug at least once a month.

'I would like to recommend that pediatricians minimize the use of paracetamol-containing drugs in the treatment of symptoms of fever and not very severe pain. Because this may affect your child's risk of asthma , 'said Dr. John McBride.

However, asthma experts say there is no evidence that paracetamol causes asthma or makes it more serious and suggests that the study simply shows that paracetamol increases the risk. have asthma.