Painkillers during pregnancy linked to early puberty in girls According to a new research consuming painkillers during pregnancy, can cause the daughters to hit their puberty early.Researchers from Aarhus University have examined the correlation between the intake of the analgesic paracetamol during pregnancy
According to a new research consuming painkillers during pregnancy, can cause the daughters to hit their puberty early.Researchers from Aarhus University have examined the correlation between the intake of the analgesic paracetamol during pregnancy and girls and boys pubertal development. The results have been published in the American Journal of Epidemiology. Breasts, pimples and menstruation, hair growth in places where there was none previously, and unpredictable mood swings. Welcome to puberty, which for the majority of girls begins when they are around ten or eleven years old, or even earlier if the mother has taken painkillers with paracetamol during pregnancy. "We found a 'dose-response' correlation.
That is to say, the more weeks with paracetamol during pregnancy, the earlier puberty in girls, but not in boys," said study author Andreas Ernst.The study is based on the largest collection of puberty data in the Danish birth cohort (BSIG.dk). A group of around 100,000 women provided detailed information about their use of paracetamol three times during their pregnancy. A total of 15,822 children, 7,697 boys and 8,125 girls born to these mothers between READ
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