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Need expert advice. what illness does second hand smoke cause for children?
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Doubles illness: Second hand smoke doubles the frequency of an infants respiratory illnesses. This includes middle ear infections, bronchitis and susceptibility to complications of RSV .This includes the well meaning but ineffective effort to "just go outside" to smoke. If there's a smoker in the house/day care/church nursery/elevator your baby will carry the particles in its nose for weeks at a time.
Answered 1/12/2015
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Risk for asthma: It is suspected that smoke exposure (even if the mother smoked during pregnancy) increases the risk for the infant to develop asthma. Smoke in "any hand" is unhealthy.
Answered 1/15/2014
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