Keys to predict and prevent childhood atopic dermatitis

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Paint the walls, change the furniture and generally, making changes at home during pregnancy may increase the risk of atopic dermatitis baby develop infant, according to an observational study. In order to predict and prevent this disease, a group of researchers has analyzed the factors that most influence the manifestation of this pathology.

They are not the only triggers the computer department of Medicine, National Taiwan University has found. “We found that the fungi that produce the humidity of the walls are also significantly associated with this type of dermatitis. “

According to Manuel Fernandez Lorent, Dermatology Group specialists Pedro Jaen (Madrid), “we must keep in mind that this is an observational, not randomized, so the conclusions drawn, but are to be taken into account, do not serve to establish a cause-effect relationship . “

For his part, Eduardo Fonseca Capdevila, Head of Dermatology, University Hospital of A Coruna, insists that first, “is essential to have the genetics that predispose to this disease.”

“If parents have asthma, allergic rhinitis or atopic dermatitis, the baby’s chances of developing this skin disease increase,” argue the authors of the study, published in ‘British Journal of Dermatology’ .In addition, sex of the baby influences. It is clear from the results, the prevalence is higher among small (8.1% vs 5.7% of girls).

Regardless of this investigation, which it has been shown, argues Dr. Fonseca Capdevila, is that the higher living standards, increased incidence of atopic dermatitis is recorded. There are several theories about it, but the most accepted is that “a better quality of life, better hygiene and fewer infections. Given that the immune system is designed to deal with such infections, avoid contact with parasites can cause the immune system does not develop normally and allergic reactions and even autoimmune diseases. We must not forget that avoiding germs survive more children die of diarrhea or parasitosis.

Higher risk profile

Drawing the conclusions about the triggers that most influence the development of this disease, the researchers established a predictive model based on these elements. Thus, they concluded that the highest risk of childhood atopic dermatitis (70.1%) as children whose parents were also suffering from the disease and, coincidentally, during pregnancy the mother had coexisted two situations at home: damp and reforms. By contrast, cases with minimal risk was for the girls that were not given none of the above conditions.

In total, we examined the cases of 20,687 babies. The researchers conducted interviews with parents to learn about heredity and environmental factors when children had six months of life. The baby’s time is what distinguishes this work from another topic.

As reflected in the article, most studies have been conducted so far are aimed at children from age three. “However, in half the cases the symptoms begin in the first six months of life . It is therefore important to examine in detail the triggers during pregnancy and breastfeeding that stage, “say the authors.

These data underscore the study’s authors, “allow us to identify infants who are at high risk and gives us the ability to apply preventive measures, always at the environmental level.”