Antibiotics Might Increase Risk of Childhood Asthma, Allergies

Antibiotics Might Increase Risk of Childhood Asthma, Allergies

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Asthma clusters across Geelong

Geelong, Bellarine, and Surf Coast kids are more likely to have asthma than children in other parts of the country, according to new research. A University of New South Wales (UNSW) study identified Geelong and its surrounding areas as an asthma cluster and recorded a higher than the national average of children up to 14 years old with asthma at 6.3 per cent. Childhood asthma prevalence was the highest in the Newcomb-Moolap area, at 10.10 per ce…

Antibiotics might increase risk of childhood asthma and allergies

Overuse of antibiotics might increase kids’ risk of developing asthma and allergies, by disrupting their gut bacteria during a crucial stage of child development, a new study says. Exposure to antibiotics prior to age 2 is associated with a 24 per cent increased risk of asthma and 33 per cent increased risk of food allergies […]

On 16 April 2025, a major study published in the Journal of Infectious Diseases alerts about a potential link between early taking of antibiotics and the development of asthma in children. By analysing the medical data of more than one million young patients in the United Kingdom, researchers at Rutgers University shed new and worrying light on prescriptions often perceived as anodines.

American researchers have revealed until now little-known negative effects of the use of antibiotics.

Antibiotic Use In Infants Linked to Greater Asthma, Allergy Risk

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