Treating Asthma in Pregnancy - An Update.
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2013-07
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Asthma is one of the most common chronic medical conditions affecting the lungs during pregnancy. At any given
time, up to 8% pregnant women have asthma. During pregnancy, asthma not only affects the woman, but it can also
cut back on the oxygen to fetus. But this does not mean that having asthma will make pregnancy more difficult or
dangerous to fetus. Pregnant women who have asthma that is properly controlled generally have normal pregnancies
with little or no increased risk to pregnant women or their developing babies. Currently available national guidelines
for the treatment of asthma during pregnancy emphasize the objective measurement of control, patient education,
motivation, caution and medication adherence. The article reviews the available literature highlighting the
appropriate selection of medications in the treatment of asthma during pregnancy, and to identify those factors which
may influence the asthma care provider's ability to successfully manage this condition, and also illustrate that
maintaining asthma control with long term medications in pregnancy is safer than the risk of uncontrolled asthma or
untreated exacerbations for both the mother and the fetus. Women's drug treatment during pregnancy should be
regularly assessed in the light of asthma control criteria.
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Asthma in pregnancy
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Barman R C, Alam M T, Islam M M S U, Hossain A M, Ahmed S A M, Fattah S A, Ali M Yusuf. Treating Asthma in Pregnancy - An Update. Faridpur Medical College Journal. 2013 July; 8(2): 85-91.