The results of a joint research project between the University of Cincinnati and Cincinnati Children's Hospital show that keeping a dog may help children prevent eczema, while keeping a cat is the opposite. The data related to this finding were taken from the Cincinnati Children's allergy and air pollution research project, involving 636 children whose parents have a history of allergy and therefore belong to an allergy prone group.
The subjects were followed up from infancy to determine the impact of particles in the environment on children's respiratory health and the association between particles and allergies. When the children were less than one year old, the researchers went to their homes to collect dust samples. From the age of 1 to 4, children receive an allergy test once a year, involving 17 allergens, including food, pollen, fungi and diesel particles. After the test, parents fill out a child's illness and allergy questionnaire.
Chèchè yo te jwenn ke 14 pousan nan sijè yo te gen ègzema anvan laj 4 an, desann soti nan 9 pousan nan 184 timoun yo ki te gen yon chen nan kay la kòm tibebe. Pami timoun ki fè alèji ak chen, pwopòsyon timoun ki te gen kontak sere ak chen nan anfans te 14 pousan, ak pwopòsyon timoun ki pa t gen kontak ak chen te 57 pousan.
Rezilta yo, ki te pibliye nan dènye nimewo Ameriken Journal of Pediatrics, pa t 'jwenn yon asosyasyon klè ant kenbe chat nan kay la nan anfans ak risk pou yo ekzema. Sepandan, si timoun yo fè alèji ak chat, kenbe chat lakay yo sanble fè timoun yo gen tandans fè ekzema.
Pami timoun ki fè alèji ak chat, 54 pousan nan moun ki te gen chat lakay yo nan anfans te gen ekzema anvan laj 4 an, ak 33 pousan nan moun ki pa t 'gen chat lakay yo. Pwopòsyon timoun ki gen chat lakay yo men ki pa fè alèji ak chat se 11 pousan.
Reuters quoted Terry, an assistant professor at the University of Cincinnati School of medicine who led the study, on the 14th? Epstein's words reported: "children who are allergic to dogs but have never had a dog at home are four times more likely to develop eczema... Children who have had cats at home before the age of 1 and are allergic to cats are 13 times more likely to develop eczema before the age of 4... Having cats does not increase the risk of eczema for children who are not allergic to cats".
Epstein said: "there are more and more children suffering from allergic eczema, and the reason is unclear. Our research shows that early life contact with dogs may prevent eczema in people prone to allergies."
Etid la konsantre sèlman sou ègzema epi li pa enplike lòt maladi tankou opresyon. Anplis de sa, sijè yo nan etid la te timoun ki gen paran yo te gen yon istwa nan alèji, epi yo pa t 'manyen asosyasyon ki genyen ant bèt kay ak ekzema nan timoun òdinè. Lyen ki genyen ant bèt kay ak ekzema se konplèks, Epstein te di. Sepandan, nan ka ègzema, plizyè etid yo montre ke kenbe yon chen asosye ak diminye risk pou ègzema.
