For more than three decades, researchers have known that children from larger families are less likely to develop allergic disease, but the potential reason for that remained a mystery.
abc.net.au/news/food-allergies-gut-bacteria-siblings-protect-babies-study/102440522Erin Tucker never leaves home without multiple EpiPens, Ventolin and other life-saving medication for her son, Flynn.
"But some of the things that don't get easier is we call the ambulance and pray to God that he is OK," she said. The Barwon Infant study has been running since 2010, collecting information from more than 1,000 mother-infant pairs from the Geelong region who were recruited from birth for research into developmental milestones of childhood.
"We don't yet know exactly why that's happening but what we think is probably happening is that we all share bacteria with one another all the time," said research team leader and Barwon Health paediatrician, Peter Vuillermin. "That's a kind of an unstable period, because the baby will continue to be exposed to the environment, to other members of the family, to pets, to so many other different things," Professor El-Omar said.
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