The exposure of tobacco smoke during pregnancy leads to a violation of fetal blood pressure, which explains the increased risk of death of such babies during sleep, Swedish experts say, according to the Internet publication for girls and women from 14 to 35 years old Pannochka. Net Smoking of mothers remains one of the most important risk factors for the death of babies during sleep. Scientists from the Karolinksa Institute in the course of the study found that children exposed to tobacco smoke had blood pressure jumps during sleep. Such pressure fluctuations exert an additional burden on the heart, experts noted.. The study was published in journal Hypertension.

Experts believe that impaired blood circulation may be a risk factor for sudden infant death during sleep.

Researchers had previously assumed that the risk of infant death is related to the work of the cardiovascular system, but this relationship could only be explained now.

The study involved 36 newborns, 17 of whom had smokers. Physicians found in all children of smokers malfunctioning blood pressure and heart work. Experts once again emphasize the high risk of death and negative impact on the health of the child of tobacco smoke and call on the parents to refuse smoking, and to protect the health of their children, reports the Air Force..

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