Research from Aarhus University has found that if mothers use painkillers during pregnancy, their daughters may show signs of puberty at 10 or 11 or even earlier.
This is the first time that a medical study has examined the relationship between painkillers during pregnancy and puberty in children, and the results were published in the medical journal American Journal of Epidemiology.
"We have discovered a link between the two and the more painkillers are used during the week of pregnancy, the more likely it is that the symptoms of puberty will appear sooner in girls, but not in boys," the researchers said.
The study looked at Danish birth control data, and a group of 100,000 women provided detailed information on how often they used painkillers during pregnancy.
These women gave birth to more than 15,000 children between 2000 and 2003, including 7,697 boys and 8,125 girls, who were assessed for 11 years and filled out puberty questionnaires every six months.
The study found that puberty symptoms appeared an average of one and a half to three months early in girls whose mothers used painkillers for more than 12 weeks during pregnancy.
According to researchers, puberty between one and a half to three months does not seem to be important, but when it is reviewed with the use of painkillers during pregnancy, people will be forced to take notice of the results, these results are not conclusive. Force the practice to change, but the idea that painkillers are safe and safe choices during pregnancy will definitely help to challenge that notion.
The use of over-the-counter painkillers has increased worldwide, and research reports suggest that more than 50% of pregnant women use them at least once during pregnancy.
Researchers have linked premature puberty to the risk of more serious diseases such as diabetes, obesity, coronary heart disease, bladder and breast cancer as we age, so it is important to consider the possible causes of premature puberty. It should be prevented by identifying.
