Asthma could slow the baby-making process European Respiratory Journal Researchers in Copenhagen studied data from 15,250 twins between the ages of 12 and 41 who were living in Denmark. They found that women who had asthma had more difficulty getting pregnant than those without it. Asthma is caused by inflammation in the body, pulmonary specialist Dr. Len Horovitz told WebMD. The inflammatory part of asthma may well be affecting not only bronchial tubes but also fallopian tubes, he said. The good news is that the women with asthma were eventually able to have the same number of children as those without the respiratory illness - they just took longer to get there
Posted on: Wed, 04 Dec 2013 07:28:21 +0000
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