Black pregnant women more prone to asthma complications

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The rate of asthma complications among low-income pregnant women is high, with black women being especially vulnerable, according to a new study. Among more than 4,300 pregnant, asthmatic women in the Tennessee Medicaid program, researchers found that 11 percent had to visit the emergency room and 6 percent had to be hospitalized for asthma exacerbations during pregnancy. Complication rates were higher among black women than white women, despite the fact that all had health coverage through Medicaid. The reasons for the racial disparity are unclear, study co-author Dr. Tina V. Hartert told Reuters Health. But, she said, even though black women had the same access to healthcare as white women, that does not mean they received comparable care. When it came to prenatal care, Hartert and her colleagues found, black women did appear to get lesser care than white women, based on the timing of their first prenatal visits and the number of services they received.

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this is so wrong from doctors to care less for black women... this is so unfair... Everyone is human, no matter the skin colour