Young children who grow up in towns and cities experience higher respiratory illnesses than those who grow up in the rural areas. Some studies show that factors such as attending daycare, living in a damp home or near dense traffic increase the risk of chest infections in young children, while breastfeeding reduces the risk.
It’s critical to comprehend why some otherwise healthy youngsters experience repeated illnesses and explore. Researchers found that before the age of three, children who lived in urban regions had an average of 17 respiratory illnesses, such as coughs and colds, as opposed to an average of 15 infections in children who lived in rural areas.
Researchers found that before the age of three, children who lived in urban regions had an average of 17 respiratory illnesses, such as coughs and colds, as opposed to an average of 15 infections in children who lived in rural areas.
Children in urban settings had immune systems that were different from those in rural areas. Along with the disparities in living conditions and the frequency of respiratory illnesses, blood samples from mothers and neonates also differed. It should be known that some young children suffer with recurrent coughs and colds, and this can lead on to conditions such as asthma as they grow older.
It’s important to understand factors that might be contributing to this, such as the conditions where children live and where they are cared for. The more we understand about these factors, the more we can do to protect the developing lungs of these young children.