Patients who regularly take aspirin (which has a prophylactic effect in terms of thrombosis) are less likely to have bronchial asthma, according to British scientists. This is due to the anti-inflammatory effect of acetylsalicylic acid, according to the Internet publication for girls and women from 14 to 35 years old Pannochka. Net However, the findings do not mean that those who are already sick with asthma will feel better by taking aspirin. One in five asthma patients with a single aspirin tablet can get a severe attack of bronchospasm. This number in practice, as a rule, is even higher.

In a case study of 22,000 patients who took painkillers daily, it was found that all these people had a 22% lower risk of developing asthma than all other members of the population. In combination with a 44% reduction in the risk of cardiovascular disease - aspirin becomes a rather useful drug.

At the same time anti-inflammatory drugs reduce the risk of so-called "late" asthma that develops in adulthood.

However, for all the unconventionality of these results, many researchers allow themselves to doubt the advisability of taking aspirin with a prophylactic goal. In order to prevent 3 cases of asthma, aspirin should be taken by at least 1,000 people.

In addition, with the proven effect on the cardiovascular and respiratory systems, aspirin has serious side effects: in particular, can cause serious bleeding of the gastrointestinal tract.

In the opinion of the head of the British Society of Asthma, he says that the use of aspirin as a preventive anti-asthmatic medicine is extremely inexpedient. As he said, the majority of cases of an asthma begin in the childhood when reception of an aspirin is categorically contraindicated.

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