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Is playing in the dirt good for kids’ immune systems?
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for April 5, 2024 Source:Is playing in the dirt good for kids’ immune systems?
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Review of available evidence indicates that compounds within cleaning products may contribute to the development of childhood allergies and not the elimination of the microbes/allergens. In short, they say the hygiene hypothesis is incorrect.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for July 19, 2021 Source:Hygienic childhood does not harm our immune systems, study suggests Reference:Microbial exposures that establish immunoregulation are compatible with targeted hygiene
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Hygiene hypothesis link to asthma gets boost from new study
Madely Health Headlines Commentary for October 1, 2015 Source: Childhood asthma risk affected by bacteria in early infancy Reference: Asthma: Undoing millions of years of coevolution in early life?
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Infants exposed to allergens before a year of age show greatest chance of asthma and allergy risk reduction
Madely Health Headlines Commentary for June 9, 2014 Source: Newborns Exposed to Dirt, Dander, Germs May Have Lower Allergy, Asthma Risk Reference: Effects of early-life exposure to allergens and bacteria on recurrent wheeze and atopy in urban children.Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, 2014; DOI:10.1016/j.jaci.2014.04.018
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Research suggests that everyday germs may prevent diseases in adulthood
Madely Health Headlines Commentary for December 10, 2009 Source: Research suggests that everyday germs may prevent diseases in adulthood