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Antibiotics may increase eczema risk in children, study reveals (The University of Nottingham)

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(Source: The University of Nottingham) They found that children with eczema are more likely to have been treated with antibiotics in the first year of life, but not prenatally. "One potential explanation is that broad-spectrum antibiotics alter the gut microflora and that this in turn affects the maturing immune system in a way that promotes allergic disease development," said one of the study authors Dr Teresa Tsakok of Guy's and St Thomas.' Dr Tricia McKeever, Associate Professor & Reader in Epidemiology and Medical Statistics at The University of Nottingham said: "The study is a systematic review and meta-analyses which brings together all available evidence, and has shown that overall,...

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