Talking about Sun-shy mothers may raise MS risk in babies: study | Reuters
Talking about Sun-shy mothers may raise MS risk in babies: study | Reuters
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Low vitamin D levels have long been linked to a higher risk of MS. Experts suspect an expectant mother’s lack of exposure to sunlight – the main source of vitamin D – may affect the fetus’s central nervous system or immune system, and predispose it to developing MS later in life.
In the Australian study, researchers combed birth records of 1,524 MS patients born between 1920 and 1950, and found there were more of them born in the months of November and December.
This means their first trimester occurred during the winter months of April to June, a time when expectant mothers in the southern hemisphere may prefer to be indoors to escape the cold.
- Just to keep in mind, if you’re in the northern hemisphere, you need to reverse these dates.