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Eczema in infants linked to gut bacteria - 0 views

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eczema gut bacteria

shared by Whitney Hopfauf on 30 Apr 13 - No Cached
  • Eczema is a chronic inflammation of the epidermis
    • Whitney Hopfauf
      Whitney Hopfauf on 30 Apr 13
       
      The flora of the gut is being implicated in so many more diseases than ever before. I remember when the probiotic craze first started and now it has become common knowledge. Maybe we could someday treat eczema by repopulating the gut with bacteroidetes (at least in children)
  • The number of bifidobacteria naturally falls with age and in total we found 21 groups of bacteria which changed in this time period.
    • Whitney Hopfauf
      Whitney Hopfauf on 30 Apr 13
       
      I remember when I was growing up, my pediatrician put me on a special kind of milk that had extra probiotics in it to combat my constant ear infections. Maybe there was more validity to that than I realized.
  • early change towards adult-type bacteria which seems to be a risk factor for eczema
    • Whitney Hopfauf
      Whitney Hopfauf on 30 Apr 13
       
      I wonder what would happen in the reverse (if childhood bacterial flora was present in adults). I wonder if there is a pathology associated with that.
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  • gut bacteria
  • with or without eczema was examined when they were six and 18 months ol
  • normally
  • six months all the infants had the same types of bacteria but by 18 months old the children with eczema had more of a type of bacteria normally associated with adult
  • while the healthy children had a greater amount of Bacteroidetes.
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