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Tobacco addiction passive curse for the infants
Monday August 18, 2008 A baby exposed to the smoke of cigarette at home to a luck on three to be hospitalized for various infections the first year. It is what in light has just put a survey achieved by the university of medicine of Hong Kong.
7 400 children have been followed of their birth to their 8 years, and close to 41% underwent the passive tobacco addiction home. The results of this investigation are oppressive. More of the half of the children have been hospitalized for infections during the years of follow-up: 50,7% because of pulmonary infection and 34% for another origin. It is necessary to underline that the exhibition in utero to the mother's active tobacco addiction is weak to Japan: less 5% some pregnant women are smoky, among which half stops during the first five months. It shows that the poisoning took place mainly after the birth. To note also, the premature children and of weak weight would be especially sensitive to this factor of risk.
The authors recall that to avoid that the children are exposed to the smoke of cigarette constitutes a simple and efficient prevention means against the intervening of possible infections.
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