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Pregnancy and Asthma

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Pregnancy and Asthma

Pregnancy and Asthma

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" More than seventeen million adult Americans as. Survey -- many air under treated or untreated. When those to failed controlled their ads are women who are pregnant to lie Clinton harms lack."

" It's certainly important that can be controlled during pregnancy for a number of reasons certainly the -- culprit is not is not the least among them not only is it important for the mother to feel good. If you talk to any parent intelligence they will tell you that the that the best way to have a healthy baby is happy -- team up."

" Women with poorly treated -- network pregnant are at increased risk of suffering from uterine hemorrhage and vaginal bleeding. But the most frequent complicate and for the mother is -- and I can lead to premature delivery what it needs into delivery sometimes the for the feed a viable."

" general can increase the risk. Complications such as high blood pressure. And conditioner is create lance -- was Tuesday. Very high blood pressure. -- tremendous swelling. And dangerous for the mother into the into. Usual. In an example of pre Clancy is about 7%. And it appears that that as many tensions may have about a doubling of the risk. A woman as -- impact unborn baby and anyway. Well the most important. Reason why it has an -- should really over -- men are in eastern. They are there going to be adequate engine throughout the -- And the mother who knows it has known that that's a ludicrous well. Preening for her -- she's having difficulty breathing were short of breath and wheezing coughing. Although he may be. In binary. Into it. The -- Mina he's faring as well."

" There -- easy. Infants are either being born preterm. Or being born pattern right. Because it you can you Tehran increase on growth retardation. Or increased carrying NATO mentality. Which is -- before you marine corps hostage -- Hillary."

" a baby due to a -- as are rare but a lot of study at medical records at that babies born to win without our 36%. More likely to be born premature. Are 30% more likely to have a low birth weight at 37. More likely to have a birth defects. As carries a broad range of symptoms with varying severity. The -- for the mom the worst for the baby."

" It is -- so as soon that can be more severe Diaz and during pregnancy and more likely not and -- it -- a serious adverse outcomes."

" For her without understands Lara are infrequent. Requiring treatment with -- on our Q medicine. When symptoms or more chronic doctors say a person with as many regular treatment with an element and."

" First goal of asthma and dealing with -- during pregnancy does to make sure adequately control. Women need to understand what that should mean to them is that ideally they're not having symptoms more than once a week. It's not on their leader -- to take -- more than once or twice a month. They're not -- a rescue inhaler every day -- and ideally they're not having. -- that it takes into the emergency really at all."

" Those are the same guidelines doctors used in determining whether any needs to control her at. And I'm not pregnant women is don't stop or avoid taking -- men and the pregnancy."

" Management. Copy. Pregnant as Medicaid patient. Should be no different. And equally as a -- of -- management. Odds. -- Non pregnant. FEMA."

" What about the rent a Medicaid and the unborn child."

" Virtually all of the commonly used asthma medicines at least the ones that have been around for awhile are not associated with an inordinate risks. And if you balance that against that fairly definite risk of gun control doesn't either to the mother or the behavior of growth. He definitely appears that the risk of not treating the asthma is much greater than the -- of treating it. The risk of uncontrolled asthma is greater than the rest of the hasn't changed."

" Any woman who is considering becoming pregnant could see their doctor about getting their asthma under good control because the healthiest of the -- and -- the baby mom goes into the pregnancy with well control our."

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