Allergies and Asthma

Asthma can affect anybody right from the age of five to even seventy five. This disease has become very common in our lives that many are finding it very difficult to come out of it. One such is the pregnant mothers who have Asthma. Let us look on how Asthma affects during Pregnancy.

Heart of the Matter:
Pregnant mothers sometime fall in the crossfire of Asthma when they are diagnosed with this cruel disease. Records suggest that about 7-8% of the women are diagnosed with Asthma when they come for treatment. These records speak about India itself and there are several millions of mothers who are pregnant are often found walking with this disease. The effects of pregnancy on asthma affected women vary from women to women and the symptoms too do not match with one another.
The saddest part is that the child’s life may be in danger if the mother continues with the same old medicines that she takes for Asthma Treatment. So the doctors say that the mother should give utmost care for herself so that the child too remains normal, safe and healthy. For this purpose the mother has to consult the doctor and ask for review of medicines so that the child’s life is not put under any danger whatsoever. Normally it has been seen that the mother develops a attack of asthma between the 24 and the 34 weeks of pregnancy. So the mother should be extremely careful during this period and should seek timely advice from the doctor.

Risk Factors:
There are a few risk factors that enhance the effect of Asthma during pregnancy. These risk factors include poor bodyweight of the new born due to inadequate supply of oxygen. This is mostly due to the uncontrolled asthma attacks as the fetus mainly depends on the mother for its needs and when a attack comes, then the child too suffers along with the mother.
Also problems like Premature Labor, Still birth, Pre-eclampsia which involves swelling, high blood pressure, and the presence of protein in the urine and excessive vomiting of the new born. Common Sense is what is needed by the mother to save her child and should consult her doctor.

What to do?
The mother should think twice and should stay away from all those allergens which cause an attack. The mother if not already affected by the disease should be careful that she does not fall into the trap set by Asthma. She should be very careful at least for the sake of her child. Also smoking does not help the cause of the mother’s health. So staying away from the triggers is the best option available for pregnant mothers. Asthma Pregnancy can be dangerous and should be prevented.

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