Chemical exposure in fetal/early life: a possible explanation for the rapid increase in atopic dermatitis incidence

2015 ◽  
Vol 172 (3) ◽  
pp. 555-555
Author(s):  
C. Giwercman Carson
Author(s):  
Jeong‐Hyun Kim ◽  
Seung‐Hwa Lee ◽  
Mi‐Jin Kang ◽  
Sun‐Goo Hwang ◽  
Yoon Mee Park ◽  
...  

Author(s):  
Sara A. Quandt ◽  
Dana C. Mora ◽  
Theresa L. Seering ◽  
Haiying Chen ◽  
Thomas A. Arcury ◽  
...  

(1) Background: Early life exposure to neurotoxic chemicals can have later impacts on child health. Most research designs must assume that current exposure is similar to past. Life history calendar methods can help to provide data on early life exposure. (2) Methods: Life history calendars were completed by mothers of 8-year-old children from Latinx farmworker and non-farmworker families (n = 73 and 65, respectively). Measures were created of months exposure through living adjacent to farm fields and having household members who worked in jobs exposing them to toxic chemicals. Data were divided into time periods of in utero, early childhood (birth-35 months) and later childhood (36–96 months). Cluster analysis compared the measures for children from farmworker and non-farmworker parents. (3) Results: Although, as a group, children from farmworker families have greater lifetime months of probable exposure to pesticides than children in non-farmworker families, cluster analysis reveals groups of children who do not follow that pattern. (4) Conclusions: The life history calendar is a technique for obtaining data on early life toxic chemical exposure that may help assign children to proper exposure groups. Conducting secondary analyses using such information can help to clarify the association of exposures to health outcomes.


2014 ◽  
Vol 54 (6) ◽  
pp. 330
Author(s):  
Melisa Anggraeni ◽  
Ketut Dewi Kumara Wati ◽  
Ketut Tangking

Background Atopic dermatitis is the first manifestation ofallergic disease in early life. Early interventions may prevent thedevelopment of allergy disease. Allergy trace cards have beenused to identify the level of allergic risk, based on family atopyscores. Because environmental factors may also influence thedevelopment of atopic dermatitis, the usefulness of the allergytrace card needs to be reevaluated.Objective To compare the incidence of atopic dermatitis ininfants aged 0-4 months with total family atopy scores of > 0 tothose with scores of 0.Methods We conducted this cohort study from June 1, 2012 toDecember 31, 2012 at Sanglah Hospital, Denpasar. Family atopyscore was tabulated from all pregnant woman in the ObstetricOutpatient Clinic and the Maternity Room. Subjects were dividedinto two groups based on their total family atopy score: those withscores > 0 and those with scores of 0. The appearance of atopicdermatitis symptoms in the infants were evaluated until theyreached 4 months of age. The incidence of atopic dermatitis intwo groups was compared using Chi-square test.Results The incidence of atopic dermatitis in this study was 10.9%.The group with total family atopy scores of 0 had a significantlyhigher incidence of atopic dermatitis than the group with scores> 0 (adjusted RR 22.5; 95%CI 8.8 to 57.0; P = 0.001).Conclusion The incidence of atopic dermatitis is higher ininfants with total family atopy score > 0 and this group has a 22.5times higher risk of atopic dermatitis compared to infants withtotal family atopy score of 0. Allergy trace cards are relevant indifferentiating the risk of atopy with regards to development ofatopic dermatitis. We suggest that family atopy scores be evaluatedduring antenatal care in order to limit the development of atopicdermatitis in infants.


2012 ◽  
Vol 130 (1) ◽  
pp. 130-136.e5 ◽  
Author(s):  
Caroline Roduit ◽  
Remo Frei ◽  
Georg Loss ◽  
Gisela Büchele ◽  
Juliane Weber ◽  
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2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (7) ◽  
pp. 2285-2293.e6 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jocelyn M. Biagini Myers ◽  
Michael G. Sherenian ◽  
Asel Baatyrbek Kyzy ◽  
Rosario Alarcon ◽  
Amen An ◽  
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2019 ◽  
Vol 143 (2) ◽  
pp. AB125
Author(s):  
Anne Marie Singh ◽  
Christopher J. Tisler ◽  
Lisa Salazar ◽  
Susan Doyle ◽  
Michael D. Evans ◽  
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Author(s):  
Hitham Abduarhman Alghamdi ◽  
Ahmed Behieldin ◽  
Sherif Edris

Abstract Atopic dermatitis (AD) is the main focus of this review which mostly starts with children in early life. Beside the etiological factors like environmental, dietary or medical exposures, Gut-skin axis microbiome studies have an impact to investigate and to understand the relation between the gut microbiome and changes to the skin microbiom and some skin diseases resulting like AD. Infants start forming their microbiome in early life and some researches suggest that this time have a crucial role in development of AD. Balanced bacterial composition is important to maintain healthy skin as the gut microbiome dysbiosis may result in dramatic shifting in the skin microbiome that gives better chance for some bacteria such as Staphylococcus aureus to over prevail which has been reported to contribute in AD development. Among several factors, immunological activity has a strong relation to microbiome changed composition and development of AD. Continuous....  


2011 ◽  
Vol 65 (Suppl 1) ◽  
pp. A310-A311
Author(s):  
G. Wegienka ◽  
S. Havstad ◽  
D. Ownby ◽  
E. Zoratti ◽  
C. C. Johnson

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