Babies under one year should not be given paracetamol

Enough to give infants the medicine Calpol paracetamol only 1 time in a month that they are 5 times greater risk of becoming victims of asthma. That is the conclusion drawn by researchers from the University of A Coruna in northern Spain.

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Medicine Calpol As established by researchers from Spain, it is the real trigger for childhood asthma. If you give this medication containing paracetamol Just 1 per month, the risk of a child becoming a victim of asthma increased by 5 times, and if once a year, even in this case the risk of ill grows by 70%.

In Britain, where Calpol is the most popular anesthetic that 84% of children receive the first 6 months of life, the number of asthma over the past 50 years has increased more than 2 times. Currently there are more than 1, 1 million young patients, as well as 4, 3 million adults with asthma. Every year, because of this lung disease is dying to 1 400 people. Spanish researchers examined 20,743 child, and these observations allowed to associate with asthma paracetamol   - A key ingredient Calpol.

Research shows that if parents want to protect their children from asthma, they should not give them this medicine at least in the first 12 months of life. However, the age of the child is also not protected. Researchers found that children aged 13-14 years to 40% more likely to have asthma, if in the previous 12 months they had taken any medication based on paracetamol. If they drank these painkillers once a month, the risk of becoming a victim of asthma at the same time increased by 2, 4 times. (READ MORE)

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