We all know that smoking is harmful to health. Tobacco smoke contains more than 4,000 chemicals and compounds that cause cancer. Previously, it was believed that nicotine was the main culprit in the problems of babies whose mothers smoked during pregnancy; but a paper published in the American Journal of Psychology pointed to a more harmful cause: free radicals.
These molecules are produced from tobacco smoke and have a high oxidizing power. Therefore, this quality causes irreparable damage to cells and tissues, such as pulmonary fibrosis (rigid lungs with low capacity) or increased risk of lung infections in your baby.
Smoking during pregnancy is like giving your child a cyanide slurry, lead and other health-toxic materials.
This toxic cocktail enters your bloodstream, which is your baby's only source of oxygen and nutrients. The consequences can be fatal, as neither your lungs nor the brain of your child could develop properly, resulting, in the worst case, his death.
Fuente: www.adn40.mx
