For pregnant women .. Warning of "heartburn" drugs

     For pregnant women .. Warning of "heartburn" drugs

Taking medications to treat heartburn during pregnancy, the risk of injury to a child with asthma may increase, depending on the results of analyses deal with several experts caution as it is still too early to demand from pregnant women to stop this treatment.

She said the doctor, Samantha Walker, director of research on Asthma section in Britain that "it must be pointed out that this research is still in its initial stage and the imperative that women continued to pregnant women taking these drugs if they need them under the supervision of a doctor or a nurse."

Earlier studies had hinted at the possibility that increases the use of antacid medications during pregnancy, the risk of fatal injury sensitivities by affecting the immune system, but without any proof of a causal relationship.

Researchers from the University of Edinburgh analysed eight studies involving 1.3 million children, by reviewing medications that labelled them and their mothers results.

They concluded that children born of mothers who took anti-heartburn drugs during pregnancy are more likely to receive treatment for asthma, according to the study, published in the journal "Journal of Clinical Immunology Olargi Land."

The study noted an increase of 30% in children who have suffered from asthma symptoms when they already mothers that consumed the anti-heartburn during pregnancy.

And heartburn are problems that are often experienced by women during pregnancy.

He stressed the doctor Aziz Sheikh of Edinburgh University, who led the study that this analysis does not prove that antacids responsible for asthma.

As Professor Jean Golding of Bristol University, drew out that the heartburn itself and not drugs may be "the biggest reason" for asthma. In order to reach a definitive conclusion, it must be borne in mind mothers of children who suffered from heartburn stomach but they did not take drugs to deal with them.