Prevention of eczema.
In a prospective study of the development of reaginic allergy, infants of allergic parents were either subjected to an allergen-avoidance regimen from birth for six months or managed conventionally. The group on the allergen-avoidance regimen had less eczema at six months and one year than did the control group at six months. They also had a lower mean serum-total-IgE level at six weeks.
D000485:Allergens; D001942:Breast Feeding; D004406:Dysgammaglobulinemia / Q000150:complications; D004485:Eczema / Q000209:etiology / Q000235:genetics / Q000517:prevention & control*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006967:Hypersensitivity / Q000517:prevention & control*; D007070:Immunoglobulin A / Q000032:analysis; D007073:Immunoglobulin E / Q000032:analysis; D007223:Infant; D011247:Pregnancy; D011446:Prospective Studies; D011935:Reagins
D000485:Allergens; D007070:Immunoglobulin A; D011935:Reagins; D007073:Immunoglobulin E