Stress during pregnancy increases the risk of allergies in children

Women in financial and other problems during pregnancy are at increased risk for a child with a predisposition to various allergies and asthma, according to U.S. scientists. Scientists believe that stress during pregnancy can have negative consequences for the child in the future. Stress contributes. To changes in the immune system of the child during pregnancy IgE changes, even at low load, the researchers reported. For this reason, much more likely that women who were in a state of stress during pregnancy give birth to babies with a predisposition to allergies. Scientists conducted a study on animals has shown that the stress state of the mother influenced the development of the immune system of the offspring. Experts from Harvard suggested that people develop the same trend. The researchers then measured the levels of immunoglobulin E in the blood taken from the umbilical cord at 387 newborns. It was found that the babies of mothers exposed to stress during pregnancy is high enough immunoglobulin E,. Although the mother minimal contact with the allergen This regularity is observed irrespective of the mother's race, social status, education, and the presence of harmful habits such as smoking.