Women With Asthma May Take Longer to Get Pregnant: Study

THURSDAY, Nov. 14 (HealthDay News) -- Women with asthma seem to experience delays in getting pregnant, Danish researchers report.

Whether this trend is because asthma has a direct biological effect on fertility or because having asthma reduces the frequency of intercourse isn't clear, however, the researchers said.

"There is an association between asthma and infertility due to an increased time to pregnancy," said lead researcher Dr. Elisabeth Juul Gade, of the Respiratory Research Unit at Bispebjerg University Hospital in Copenhagen.