Women who are unable to quit smoking during their pregnancy may reduce the harm smoking does to their baby\u2019s lungs by taking vitamin C, according to a study.<\/p>\n
Wheeze is a condition of producing whistle like sound due to obstructed lower respiratory tract.<\/p>\n
The results showed statistically significant difference in lung function between the babies, at three months of age, born to women who took supplemental vitamin C every day and those who were prescribed a placebo.<\/p>\n
For those roughly 50 per cent of pregnant smokers who will not, or cannot quit despite all efforts, quit smoking, vitamin C supplementation may be a simple and safe way to help their babies breathe better, she added.<\/p>\n
Previous study revealed that daily supplemental vitamin C in pregnant women who could not quit smoking reduced the harm on babies\u2019 lungs.<\/p>\n
Vitamin C may \u201cblock the increased collagen deposition around the airways that has been shown in animal models of babies born after smoke\/nicotine exposure during pregnancy, which likely makes the lungs and airways stiffer\u201d, said Eliot Spindel from the varsity.<\/p>\n
It can also \u201cprevent some of the epigenetic changes that contribute to the lifelong effects of in-utero tobacco exposure,\u201d Spindel noted.<\/p>\n
In the study, presented during American Thoracic Society International Conference at San Diego, the team measured the force expiratory flows (FEFs) — speed with which air can be forced out of the lung – among babies.<\/p>\n
The mothers were divided into two groups and were administered 500 mg of supplemental vitamin C every day and a placebo in addition to the same prenatal vitamin accordingly.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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