Washington, July 22: Children born to tense and stressed parents are more likely to develop asthma and other allergies in the long run, a new study finds.
Stress has long been considered as a trigger for asthma attacks; Southern California University researchers, however, reported that parental anxiety and stress increases the risk of childhood asthma.
Children of tense parents, who lived in polluted areas, are more vulnerable to developing asthma compared to their peers in the same neighborhood.
These youngsters are also reported to be more stressed.
According to the study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, stress increases the inflammatory effects of pollutants in tobacco smoke and traffic fumes on the airways.
Exposure to such pollutants in reported to the risk of asthma in children from stressful households more.
Scientists concluded that a child’s environment can impact his/her risk of developing asthma
–Agencies–