Researchers reviewed the health records of more than 12,000 children and found that giving antibiotics before the age of one doubled the chance of a child developing asthma.
Antibiotics are commonly given to infants for ear infections, but the authors of a Canadian study said not every infection required this kind of treatment.
The data that appeared in Chest, the journal of the American College of Chest Physicians, also mentioned that multiple use of antibiotics in infants appeared to increase further the risk of developing asthma.
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