Nieuw onderzoek naar eczeem en
pinda allergie
Volgens een recente studie hebben kinderen die al vroeg gediagnosticeerd zijn met eczeem
een hoger risico om pinda of om een andere voedselallergie te ontwikkelen.
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Toediening probiotica voorkomt
eczeem bij kinderen
Geselecteerde probiotische bacteriën
kunnen het ontstaan van eczeem, voornamelijk op jonge leeftijd voorkomen. Het mogelijke
werkingsmechanisme berust op veranderingen van de darmflora door toediening van
probiotica. Dit zijn de belangrijkste resultaten van de Panda studie die Titia Niers
uitvoerde. Allergische aandoeningen zoals eczeem, voedsel allergie, astma en hooikoorts
komen veel en in toenemende mate voor op de kinderleeftijd en de ontwikkeling ervan is tot
op heden niet te voorkomen. De hygiënehypothese suggereert dat de toename van allergische
ziekten het gevolg zijn van een verminderde blootstelling aan micro-organismen waarin een
belangrijke rol is weggelegd voor de bacteriën van de darmflora op jonge leeftijd. Niers
voerde het onderzoek uit bij 156 moeders en hun kinderen, waarbij de moeders zes weken
voorafgaand aan de bevalling probiotica of placebo kregen net als de kinderen gedurende
het eerste levensjaar. Toediening van probiotica is een veelbelovende mogelijkheid, in
ieder geval ter voorkoming van eczeem. Het is echter nog te vroeg om toediening van
probiotica op grote schaal toe te gaan passen en voorzichtigheid blijft geboden.
Role seen for cannabis in helping
to alleviate allergic skin disease
Administering a substance found in the cannabis plant can help the body's natural
protective system alleviate an allergic skin disease (allergic contact dermatitis), an
international group of researchers from Germany, Israel, Italy, Switzerland and the US has
found.
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Scientists discover eczema-asthma
link
Australian scientists say they have discovered a link between childhood eczema and the
onset of asthma in adults.A study has found those who had childhood eczema were twice as
likely to develop asthma.
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'Blood chemicals link' to eczema
Scientists have identified two blood chemicals linked to itchy eczema, offering new
treatment possibilities.
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Aggressive treatment of childhood
eczema could help prevent asthma, says new study
More aggressive treatment of childhood eczema may be an important step in preventing
asthma, says a new Australian study. The study, published online in the Journal of Allergy
and Clinical Immunology, calls for trials of aggressive therapies against childhood eczema
in attempt to reduce the incidence of asthma in later life. The study, conducted by the
University of Melbourne, Monash University and Menzies Research Institute in Tasmania, has
followed more than 8500 people who are part of the Tasmanian Longitudinal Health Study
from the ages of seven to 44. Lead author John Burgess, from the University of
Melbourne’s Melbourne School of Population Health, says the study is the first to
demonstrate an association between childhood eczema and asthma into middle age.
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Eczema sufferers test out benefits
of water softeners
In the very first trial of its kind in the world over 300 families are being recruited to
find out if water softeners can help in the treatment of childhood eczema.
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Homeopathy Proven Better Than
Conventional Medicine for Eczema
No benefit exists in using the highly toxic drugs for eczema pushed by conventional
medicine. Homeopathy has better results without the use of harmful products. A
peer-reviewed journal reports that there is no reason to subject your children to
life-threatening steroids for eczema.
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Infants with poor intestinal flora
often develop eczema
In a healthy intestinal system there is a great variety of natural bacteria. Today many
people have an imbalanced flora of intestinal bacteria. Now a new study, from Lund
University in Sweden, shows that children with only a limited variety of bacteria in their
feces one week after birth more often developed atopical eczema by the age of 18 months.
In the study, published in Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, feces were examined
from children in Göteborg, London, and Rome. “A diversified intestinal flora seems
to be better at stimulating the immune defense," says Göran Molin, professor of food
hygiene at the Faculty of Engineering, Lund University, who co-directed the study with Siv
Ahrné, also a professor of food hygiene. The composition of a child’s bacterial
flora is dependent on the mother’s microflora, since she is the primary source for
the child’s bacteria at the outset. “A healthy vagina is totally dominated by
lactobacilli, or lactic acid bacteria. With a vaginal delivery the child will come into
close contact with the mother’s bacteria. If the mother has a good flora of bacteria,
the contact is an important help for the child to be able to be colonized by bacteria in
the proper way. It can be assumed that certain hygiene measures, such as antibiotics given
in some countries in connection with deliveries, in normal cases may have a deleterious
effect, since the mother then is at risk to get a skewed bacteria flora, which she passes
on to the child," Göran Molin reasons. Foods that promote the existence of
lactobacilli are soured vegetables, such as sauerkraut, marinated olives, capers, and
salted pickles, as well as cheese. The industry has discovered that certain living
microorganisms are good and therefore add them to certain products under the umbrella term
of probiotica.
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Research Confirms Genetic Skin
Barrier Defect Linked to Eczema
Atopic dermatitis, one of the most common forms of eczema in this family of various
inflammatory skin diseases, is a chronic disease marked by red, cracked and itchy skin. It
is estimated that atopic dermatitis affects about 10 percent of children around the world
and usually begins in the first year of life. Although the disease tends to improve with
age, most patients still experience dry, sensitive skin and hand eczema.
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Calming Eczema
Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) may offer real help for people with eczema. The essence
of treatment is this: although the symptoms manifest on the skin, they always reflect an
internal problem.
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