A recent study conducted by researchers from Switzerland and the United Kingdom that breastfeeding improves lung function in children at school entry age, especially if their mothers were living with asthma, And as the published of the "American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine"of this Feb. month.
The researchers study and analysis of data for 1458 children, born between 1993 and 1997 in the United Kingdom, and they assess the duration of breastfeeding and symptoms of breathing and some measurements of the functions of the lungs such as "FVC" and "" FEV1 at the age of school entry, and the results showed that children who were born to mothers infected with asthma, improved lung function dramatically when breastfeeding continued for more than six months.
The study added that this is not the latest findings of the researchers, Adding that breastfeeding may have a direct impact in helping the growth of the lungs, These results contrary to what earlier studies have said that breastfeeding may be harmful to children born to mothers infected with asthma.
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