Everything that happens to the mother during pregnancy affects the fetus that is being developed to a lesser or greater extent. Stress is one of the great evils of our society and pregnant women do not get rid of it. But in them it has consequences not only for your health but also for that of the baby. A study by the American Thoracic Society ensures that stress in pregnancy increases the risk of childhood asthma.
Women who are stressed during pregnancy may pass that stress to the baby in the form of increased sensitivity to allergen exposure and a greater risk of asthma in the future.
The hormones secreted in the mother when living in anxiety situations are released into the bloodstream through the placenta and into the bloodstream of the fetus.
It is not the first investigation that relates stress in pregnancy with asthma in childhood. Previously it has been shown that the mother's stress influences the fetal immune system by predisposing it to an increased risk of allergies and asthma in childhood.
Maternal stress is a negative factor in pregnancy, linked not only to higher probabilities of allergies, but also to other complications such as low birth weight or behavioral disorders in childhood.
Given that stress is such a frequent occurrence today, it is not surprising that the number of cases of asthma in children has skyrocketed in recent years, making it the most common respiratory disease in children.
