| Asthma is a common incident during pregnancy. Exacerbation during pregnancy constitutes for vital and
challenging medical problem and may result in poor fetomaternal outcomes. Until now, there are no research comparing
the fetomaternal outcomes in antenatal women with asthma .Exacerbation along with non-asthma antenatal women
(control group) of parallel age and period of gestation. Therefore, the aim of the study Prevalence and risk factors of
asthma aggravation, during antenatal women Material & Methods: This is a retrospective observational comparative
study. During the study period, total number of deliveries was 700. Women who were admitted with the diagnosis of
exacerbation of asthma during pregnancy were included in the study. These cases were compared with random selection
of controls who were admitted in the same duration of time for the delivery without asthma after matching maternal age
and period of gestation. Ethical clearance was obtained before the study. Fetomaternal outcomes were compared between
women with exacerbation of asthma and non-asthma. Results: The prevalence of asthma during pregnancy was 6 %
among the member. The majority of allergens in asthmatic group were pollen, stress, and climate. It was a significant
relationship between age, education and place of living in asthmatic and non-asthmatic group. There was a considerable
link involving asthma symptoms among the two groups (p = 0.001). In addition, a significant relationship was found
between asthma and other allergic diseases as well as eczema, allergy, rhinitis, and wheeze in asthmatic women, with a
major relationship between wheeze and coughing and allergy. Conclusion Exacerbation of asthma during antenatal
women may effect in reduced fetomaternal outcome. Hence, additional investigate is required to appreciate the
occurrence of asthma in pregnancy and its consequencesddd |
