Do antibiotics lead to asthma in children?

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  1. Dr. Ankush Bansal
     
    Dr. Ankush Bansal of MDLIVE answered:

    No, antibiotics are used to treat bacterial infections. Asthma is not a disease of infection but rather a hypersensitive immune response. Antibiotics do not last very long in the body once given so there could not be a way for it to induce an immune reaction so severe enough that it would alter the immune response permanently. Thus, antibiotics do not and cannot cause asthma. 

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