Report of prenatal maternal demoralization and material hardship and infant rhinorrhea and watery eyes.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Previously, we found that reported infant rhinorrhea and watery eyes without a cold (RWWC) predicted school age exercise-induced wheezing, emergency department visits, and respiratory-related hospitalizations for asthma. These findings appeared independent of infant wheezing and allergy. Overall, we theorize that prenatal material hardship and psychosocial distress can induce infant dysregulation in the autonomic nervous system leading to infant RWWC and school age exercise-induced wheezing.

Objective

To test the hypotheses that indicators of prenatal stress and measures of maternal demoralization, which can alter infant autonomic nervous system responses, would predict infant RWWC.

Methods

In a prospective birth cohort of urban children (n = 578), pregnant

SUBMITTER: Conrad LA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7838563 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature