| Love can be a very strong feeling that can survive | | | | asthma goes up dramatically. Statistically speaking, |
| any difficulty that comes to a relationship. Think | | | | 40% of children who have asthmatic parents will |
| carefully though when it comes to deciding if children | | | | eventually grow up and develop asthma! |
| are right for you if both you and your intended spouse | | | | So, am I saying couples who have asthma should not |
| have asthma. Hereditary issues can increase the risk | | | | get married? |
| of having children who will end up suffering with | | | | Not necessarily. |
| asthma! | | | | Instead couples with asthma need to recognize that |
| Is it love if two people knowingly bring a child into the | | | | this may be a very real possibility in the future. They |
| world to go through life with the physical and | | | | should have a complete understanding of what could |
| psychological challenges because of asthma? There | | | | be the result of their getting married and be prepared |
| are many stresses and strains on a marriage without | | | | to handle it. |
| the problems of dealing with asthmatic children. | | | | There is no point regretting later in life when you start |
| As you already know, asthmatic children, like you, can | | | | having children who have asthma. It is best to know |
| radically change the dynamic of a family. One of the | | | | what to expect and be prepared to handle it. |
| major causes of asthma are hereditary factors. In | | | | Talk to your doctor and get his or her advice and be |
| many cases, asthma is passed from a parent to the | | | | prepared on the things to do to make the condition |
| child. So, if both of you have asthma, it is most likely | | | | favorable if you eventually give birth to children with |
| that one will pass it over to your children if greatly | | | | asthma. |
| increased. This is not a certainty, but the chances of it | | | | This is necessary because early detection of asthma |
| happening are very high and something that should be | | | | can help protect your baby's life than if you were not |
| considered. | | | | aware of it at all. |
| It has been confirmed by some experts that a person | | | | If couples with asthma know what to expect, they |
| who has a parent with asthma is three to six times far | | | | would be better prepared to deal with it than if they |
| more likely to develop asthma during his life time than a | | | | were ignorant. |
| person who doesn't have a parent with asthma. | | | | So, before getting married as asthmatic victims, |
| If this statement is true, then it is true also that if both | | | | understand what to expect regarding the possibility of |
| parents have asthma, the chance of the child having | | | | asthmatic children. |