Kids prescribed antibiotics but not fed breast milk at triple risk of asthma: study

Researchers also said they identified the breast milk sugars that offer this protection, which could potentially be used to supplement formula for infants that need antibiotics but for whom breastfeeding is not an option. So the timing matters,” he said of when people are prescribed antibiotics, which “confuse” kids’ immune systems in the first few months of their lives. It showed 17 per cent of the kids received antibiotics in the first year of life. Those who did notreceive breast milk but had been prescribed antibiotics were at three times the risk of having the condition. “The children who received the antibiotics while breastfeeding weren’t at any higher risk than the children whodid not have antibiotics,” Turvey said.