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Breastfeeding and Asthma

Breastfeeding and Asthma. By: Lindsay Harr ALHE 4060 904-20071. Can Breastfeeding reduce the risk or prevent asthma?. Childhood Asthma. Asthma is a chronic disease that effects the airways, causing them to be inflamed. Symptoms: wheezing, coughing, chest tightness, and shortness of breath

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Breastfeeding and Asthma

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  1. Breastfeeding and Asthma By: Lindsay Harr ALHE 4060 904-20071

  2. Can Breastfeeding reduce the risk or prevent asthma?

  3. Childhood Asthma • Asthma is a chronic disease that effects the airways, causing them to be inflamed. • Symptoms: wheezing, coughing, chest tightness, and shortness of breath • Asthma was one of the leading causes of school absenteeism in 2002 (CDC 2007). • Asthma is the third ranking cause of hospitalization among children (CDC 2007).

  4. Breastfeeding and its effects on asthma… • Breastfeeding for at least 4 months can significantly reduce the risk for childhood asthma during early ages. • Additional months of breastfeeding can reduce the risk about 4% for each month after the fourth month. • Doctors usually recommend breastfeeding for the first 6 months.

  5. Wright, A L et al. Thorax 2001;56:192-197

  6. What is in the Breast Milk? • Secretory IgA are found to alter immunity and maturation of organs such as the lungs. • Soluble CD14, a substance inversely associated with total serum IgE. • TGF-beta 1, cytokine found in breast milk is known to reduce the risk of wheeze.

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