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A number of studies have suggested that intake of paracetamol during pregnancy and during the first months of life is associated with an increased risk of childhood asthma. We aimed to determine the association between paracetamol usage during pregnancy and the first 6 months of life, and childhood allergy (i.e. positive skin prick tests), allergic asthma, and asthma, using a matched patient‐sibling study comparing patients with allergic asthma with their healthy siblings without any symptoms of allergic diseases. Allergy in patients and their siblings was determined by skin prick tests. Children having at least one positive skin prick test were considered to be allergic. Intake of paracetamol was assessed by standardized, interviewer‐administered, questionnaire. Nineteen pairs of allergic asthma patients vs. non‐allergic siblings were compared to determine the risk factors for allergic asthma, while 15 pairs of allergic asthma patients vs. allergic siblings were compared to determine the risk factors for asthma. Moreover, 33 pairs of allergic asthma patients vs. non‐asthmatic siblings (with and without allergy) were compared to determine the risk factors for asthma. In addition, 17 allergic siblings (without asthma) were compared with 19 non‐allergic siblings (without asthma) to determine the risk factors for allergy. Usage of paracetamol during pregnancy was associated with allergic asthma (p = 0.03). Furthermore, usage of paracetamol between birth and 6 months of age, and between 4 and 6 months of age, was also found to be associated with non‐allergic asthma (p = 0.008 and p = 0.03 respectively). Usage of paracetamol during pregnancy and during the early months of life may play a role in the development of allergic and non‐allergic asthma in children. However, due to obvious ethical reasons, direct evidence for this association (i.e. a double‐blind, prospective study) is not available.
Pediatric Allergy and Immunology – Wiley
Published: Mar 1, 2007
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