United States: The medicinal properties of antibiotics function both as advantages and disadvantages, particularly when used on children under two years old.
Multiple studies have demonstrated that giving antibiotics too often elevates asthma and allergenic risks for children.
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Researchers from Rutgers University published their findings in the Journal of Infectious Diseases during this month.
Children who received antibiotics during their first two years developed asthma and allergic conditions, which increased in severity based on the total antibiotic exposure.
According to researchers, these findings support evidence that antibiotic prescriptions need proper management in medical practice. Bacterial infections have the best treatment available through antibiotic medications.
Large study ties early-life antibiotic exposure to higher risk of asthma, allergies, other conditions
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The authors of the observational study say the findings highlight the need for more judicious antibiotic prescribing in children under age 2.https://t.co/DWufo5IweF pic.twitter.com/SPr39lVvp1
Scientific experts understood years ago that using antibiotics leads to various potential negative effects.
Bacteria show a continuous ability to develop resistance to these drugs, thereby becoming one of the major public health threats in our current era.
The microbiome remains at risk from antibiotic treatment because this describes all the typically benign yet beneficial bacteria normally found inside our bodies.
Antibiotics belong to the broad-spectrum classification since they eliminate diverse bacteria populations that involve the beneficial ones.
Since antibiotics are known to disrupt microbiome bacteria, we may develop increased risks of other health problems.
Frequent antibiotic use in infants < 2 years linked to higher risks of #asthma, food #allergies, & hay fever later in life, found a study @rutgershealth.
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Studies indicate antibiotic-induced changes to the microbiome create more severe harm to children since their use has been linked to long-term conditions such as asthma.
The research team from Rutgers sought to address multiple limitations discovered in past studies, including small sampling data and many factors requiring assessment because they intended to improve examination methods in their new research.
The research team reviewed health records from more than one million newborns located in the UK.
The researchers performed a dedicated examination on children with their sibling participants to evaluate data points between siblings with comparable environmental and genetic profiles.