Green atmosphere in early childhood does not protect against eczema: Study

Washington [US], April 22 (ANI): Greenery around the home in early childhood does not appear to protect children against atopic eczema, according to a recent Finnish study..

General greenness around the home did not protect children against eczema, which was contrary to our expectations and to the hypothesised allergy protective effect of nature contacts..

Eczema is, however, only one of the allergic diseases in children, albeit generally the first to emerge, says MD Minna Lukkarinen, a paediatric specialist from the FinnBrain Birth Cohort Study at the University of Turku, Finland...

In a birth cohort, the same children are followed-up from birth, which allows studying associations between environmental early-life exposures and the disease development prior to its onset..

This study examined the associations between the season of birth, the greenness and land cover types, surrounding the early-life home, and the development of eczema by the age of two years...

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