Vitamin C Has Lung Protective Effect in Children with Smoking Mothers
Recent studies showed that vitamin C has the potential to reduce the respiratory damage in infants with smoking mothers during pregnancy. This study was published in the American Thoracic Society's American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. Regarding to this study if mothers take 500 mg of vitamin C their children will have a better forced expiratory flows (FEFs) at the age three month. This issue not only shows the better prognosis of getting airway obstruction in these children but also may be related to the reduction of the risk of asthma.
In this study, 251 pregnant smoker women who had one or more cigarettes in the last week were randomly assigned at 13 to 23 weeks of gestation to either receive vitamin C (125 women) or a placebo (126 women) these women and about 10 per cent of the women quit smoking during the study. Results showed the better FEFs in their children 3 months after birth. Similar results and better lung function were observed in those mothers who smoked during pregnancy and received vitamin C (500 mg/day) at 72 hours of birth.
To sum up with the results of current study, it can be deduced that Vitamin C as an essential vitamin for human health may be considered as inexpensive medication for respiratory health of children with smoking mothers.
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