Fast Growing Babies More Prone To Asthma

AMSTERDAM – Medical researchers already know that premature and underweight babies are much more susceptible to contracting Asthma than are babies who are considered to be within normal weight range at the time of birth.

Now a Dutch research team has discovered that babies who put on too much weight to fast are equally prone to contracting the respiratory illness later in life.

Medical researchers at the Erasmus Hospital in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, have discovered that the weight pattern during the first three months of a newborn baby’s life are a real indicator whether that child will contract Asthma later in life.

According to the research teams, babies that gain a lot of weight the first three months of their lives are much more prone to contracting Asthma later on in life. The team also discovered that this is not the case with fast growing fetuses.

The clinic followed the weight pattern of 5125 babies from the time they were a fetus until their fourth birthday.

During the fetus phase, scientists relied on sonograms to monitor the infants. After birth, the researchers measured the newborns at intervals of 3, 6 and 12 months of age. Thereafter, parents submitted toddler’s growth facts to the clinic until the child turned four years old.

Analysis of the factors determined that newborn babies who gained weight quickly were prone to developing respiratory problems later in life.

Asthma related symptoms such as wheezing, dry cough, shortness of breath and persistent mucus were more common in children and adults who gained rapid weight during the first 3 months of their existence.

Researcher Liesbeth Duijts says that evidence shows that quick growth in babies during the first 3 months of their lives reduces normal lung growth and affect the immune system negatively.

The research which is called the ‘Generation R Study’ has been published in the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine.

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