Research says eczema increases the risk of food allergies in infants

London, July 19 (reporter Liu Shilei) a new British study found that eczema can damage the skin immune barrier and cause inflammation, thereby increasing the risk of food allergy in infants and young children This shows that the immune cells in the skin are also closely related to food allergy   Researchers from King's college and Dundee University in London reported that they analyzed the health status of 600 breastfed 3-month-old infants, tested them for eczema, skin water retention test and gene mutation related to eczema, and tested their allergy to six common foods through skin pricking test   The results showed that the risk of allergy in infants with eczema was six times higher than that in normal infants, and the more severe eczema was, the higher the risk of food allergy was Egg white is the most sensitive food, followed by milk and peanuts   The researchers believe that because these infants are exclusively breastfed, and the viscera and digestive system do not process external food, the active immune cells in the skin play a key role in food allergy, which also indicates that food allergy may not be all related to visceral cells   Carsten flor, who was involved in the study, said eczema can damage the immune barrier in the human skin, causing allergens such as protein in food to cause allergic immune reactions of immune cells in the skin Previous studies have found the relationship between skin and food allergies, and the new findings add new evidence to help prevent and treat food allergies   The findings have been published in a new issue of the American Journal of dermatological research.