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47% of atopic eczema in babies occur due to stress during pregnancy. Top 3 European allergens: grass, birch, olive.
Pollen differs by “nationality”: 4-5 fold differences in pollen potency
between European countries.
Ground-breaking research results about stress during pregnancy and changes in pollen potency across Europe
have been presented – among other novel research - at the world’s leading congress on
allergy and immunology , the EAACI Congress 2012,
in Geneva, Switzerland.
Maternal anxiety during pregnancy is a risk factor for the onset of infantile atopic eczema
at the age of 6-8 months.
Researchers at the National Center for Child Health and
Development, Allergy Division in Tokyo, Japan, have come to this conclusion after
analysing data from 896 pairs of mothers and children (474 boys and 422 girls).
“18.75% of mothers were classified into the highest anxiety group, 62.39% of mothers
showed moderate anxiety and 18.86% of mothers were categorised into the lowest
anxiety group”, explains Dr. Mana Hamaguchi, Clinical Psychologist at the National
Center for Child Health and Development.
The average prevalence of atopic eczema was
46.76%. The tests showed that children of mothers with higher anxiety scores were more
likely to be affected by eczema.
The conclusion is that mothers suffering from anxiety
during pregnancy have a higher risk of their children developing eczema at the age of 6-
8 months.
For more information
The European Academy of Allergy and Clinical Immunology (EAACI)
(MDN)
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