Natural Society, By; Christina Sarich, 12/02/2013
There are numerous causes for asthma, including environmental pollutants, natural airway constrictors like pollen and rag weed, as well as a genetic predisposition. But did you know that research suggests that the rise in asthma cases since the early 1980′s could be due to the use of acetaminophen found in products like Tylenol. Doctors stopped giving children aspirin for fevers and started giving them acetaminophen more commonly at this time.
A paper published by Dr. Arthur Varner, who was a fellow in the immunology training program at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine, has postulated that the switch to acetaminophen might have fueled the increase in asthma. The paper was published in The Annals of Allergy and Asthma Immunology in 1998.
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