Children may face a greater risk of growth Attention deficiency/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) If their mothers take acetaminophen – a common pain reliever and a fever declining – during pregnancy, researchers found.
The study, which sparked new discussions on the controversial topic, was published recently in the Nature Mental Health magazine.
“Compared to non -exposure, acetaminophen detection in the mother's blood during pregnancy was linked three times the possibility of ADHD's development,” lead author Brennan Baker, a researcher at the Children's Research Institute in Seattle, told Fox News Digital.
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To collect data, researchers took blood samples from 307 black women during The second third of pregnancyThen it was tested for the signs of the drug that reduces fever.
Children may face the risk of developing attention/hyperactivity if their mothers take acetaminophen during pregnancy. (Istock)
They also took samples of the placenta for mothers after birth to search for signs of increased inflammation in those exposed to venomaminophen.
(Previous studies have linked high inflammatory and immune responses during pregnancy with negativity Nervous growth in childrenNotice Baker.)
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Then the researchers continued with children at the age of 8 to 10 years to determine the number of those who were diagnosed with hyperactivity disorder and lack of attention, then determine whether the prenatitaminophen exposure to asymaminophen is linked to a higher possibility of the disorder.
The researchers also found DNA changes It relates to the paths of the immune system in the placenta that was exposed to venomaminophen, which was associated with a higher opportunity to develop children ADHD.
“What this study is doing well is to push us nearly to understand the risk factors before adjustable birth.”
“This indicates that the immune system disorders can be a mechanism that links this exposure to the neurological development of children,” Baker said.
Dr. Ryan Sultan, a reporter at the New York-Priestrienan Hospital and director of the Information Laboratory for Mental Health at the Irfing Medical Center at Columbia University, said that the results of the study are “important and disturbing.”
“What this study is doing well is that we have prompted us to approach an adjustable understanding Preparing risk factorsSultan, who did not participate in the research, told Fox News Digital.
Acetaminophen is a common pain reliever and lower fever. (Istock)
While the study adds to the increasing consensus that acetaminophen is not free of risk, this does not mean that pregnant women cannot eat Tilanol or Other medicines Experts have acetaminophen, experts told the Fox News Digital.
“When this is possible, it should be used slightly and only when necessary medically during pregnancy,” Sultan advised.
Conflicting studies
There is a conflicting group of research on the use of acetaminophen during pregnancy and the risk of negative nervous growth.
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For example, you did not find a recent study of about 2.5 million Swedish children last year The risk of autismOr hyperactivity disorder, lack of attention or mental disability among the siblings who were exposed to prenatal pain.
ADHD is one of the most common mental health conditions during childhood, according to the American Association of Psychiatry. (Istock)
However, a country level in Taiwan found that the use of acetaminophen during pregnancy increased the development of ADHD in the offspring, regardless of whether mothers have them. Mental health disorders.
Many previous studies have relied on reporting themselves to mothers-which reduces its use, as many people take acetaminophen without knowing it, according to Baker.
Study restrictions
Sultan warned that the study has some restrictions.
He pointed out that the size of the sample was small, and the population was limited to black mothers in the south, and exposure to Asiataminophen was only measured at one time.
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Another main restriction is the design of the study, because it cannot prove that the use of acetaminophen causes ADHD.
“We can never be 100 % sure that the association is causing a observation -based study, as there can always be unknown confusing factors,” Baker told Fox News Digital.
ADHD is a “complex, multi -factor deficit in executive performance” that can appear in a variety of ways, according to one expert. (Istock)
He added: “We have tried to control the largest possible number of factors, including family history of mental health conditions, the use of motherhood for antibiotics, the use of motherhood for other drugs used in pain/fever, the social and economic situation of the family, exposure from tobacco before birth and alcohol exposure.”
While researchers have identified a Possible risk for ADHDThe state of mental health is a “complex and multi -factor deficit in the executive performance” that can appear in a variety of ways, according to Dr. Lama Pasi, a psychiatrist in special practice in New York City.
“We cannot be 100 % sure that the association is causing a observation -based study.”
There is almost there Six million pregnancy Every year and 80 % of women take at least one medicine for a health problem diagnosed before or during pregnancy, according to the US Food and Drug Administration.
The majority of women take acetaminophen at some point during pregnancy, with a greater use among those who have Anxiety and depressionAccording to the past research.
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ADHD is one of the most common mental health conditions during childhood, according to the American Association of Psychiatry.
The study was partially funded by the National Institutes of Health. Fox News Digital communicate with drug manufacturers that contain acetaminophen for suspension.
