By Christina Sarich, Natural Society, http://naturalsociety.com/acetaminophen-tylenol-linked-asthma/

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 commonly in products like Tylenol or Advil.  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.

His paper was the first in an onslaught  of studies which have come to the same conclusion. There are more than 20  now which draw a connection between the use of acetaminophen and asthma.  The most alarming discovery is that it takes less than a dose a month to cause  an increased incidence of the ‘breathing disease.’’

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Dr. John T. Mcbride sums up the evidence in his paper published  in Pediactrics. He states:

“The epidemiologic association between acetaminophen use and asthma  prevalence and severity in children and adults is well  established.” McBride concludes that “Until future studies document the  safety of this drug, children with asthma or at risk for asthma should avoid the  use of acetaminophen.”

It couldn’t be any more clear that yet another pharmaceutical drug has put  our children at risk for a disease that has grown exponentially since 1980.  Ambulatory care for asthma cases has increased drastically since early 1990.  The CDC attributes some of this to climate and air quality,  but it seems there are other, more obvious reasons for the huge jump in just the  past several decades.

With research coming out drawing new connection or strengthening existing  ones, it becomes more clear that we should be shying away from the  pharmaceuticals and moving toward natural alternatives. Why take asthma-causing  acetaminophen when there are numerous natural pain relievers? And with asthma drugs killing more than asthma itself, it becomes  even more clear that we should be using things like khella to tackle asthma issues naturally.

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