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No matter how we manage our health, efficacy, risks and costing are top concernsBreastfeeding reduce asthma risk in children even from mother with asthma
The benefits of breastfeeding for infants has long been known such as getting antibody that protect infants from infections and diseases, and reduce some other disorder risk such as asthma, vomiting, diarrhea, constipation, colic, allergies, acute appendicitis, and several other disorders.
More evidences also showed from recent studies for positive effects of breastfeeding in reducing asthma risk in childhood, even though the mother suffered from asthma.
This indicates if previous research that states if asthma mother can transmit the disease to their babies during breastfeeding is not exactly right. At least, even the mother has asthma, the benefits may not be as much as babies who are breastfed by mothers who are free of asthma.
However, when compared with mothers who give formula-fed to their babies, the benefits of breastfeeding from the mothers who is suffering with asthma still higher in reducing the risk of asthma developing during childhood.
In fact, the results of the study also found if their lung function better than children who were formula-fed as babies.
This conclusion obtained after studied 1,500 UK kids were followed from their birth in the mid-1990s and a survey to their families related to breastfeeding and smoke exposure.
The researchers hypothesize if the positive effects of breastfeeding in increasing lung volume in infant causes the child have lower risk of asthma development.
This findings published in the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine on February 6, 2012.
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