Childhood asthma has doubled in the last 20 years to become the most frequent disease in childhood, which affects between 8 and 12% of children.
In addition to environmental factors, (as we have already known, most asthmatic children are from the city), one of the factors most closely linked to childhood asthma is the smoking of the parents, and especially that of the mother.
A baby from a mother who smokes is 37% more likely to have asthma in the future. And those possibilities increase if your father is also a smoker affecting the baby both during pregnancy and when becoming a passive smoker once he is born.
In addition to the greater possibility of suffering it, the specialists of the Spanish Society of Pulmonology and Thoracic Surgery (SEPAR) indicate that of developing it, asthmatic children of smoking mothers suffer more severe asthma and have lower lung capacity than those whose mothers do not smoke.
AdvertisingIn other words, smoking (both the mother and the mother, although the mother has more influence) predisposes to asthma in the children and aggravates it.
Just 3 days ago (May 6), World Asthma Day was celebrated, a date for us to become aware of the disease and for us to try to reverse the great incidence that is having in our children with the solutions that are within our reach.
How can we prevent it? First of all with healthy habits, leading a healthy pregnancy, of course, eliminating tobacco before, during and after pregnancy, not exposing the child to bad smoke, and worrying about environmental health to have a more breathable air.
