Childhood Asthma May Begin Before Birth
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The risk for childhood wheeze is greatly reduced when babies collect the right bugs in their microbiome early in life, new research from two studies shows. The microbes established in a baby's first months of life from the mother are important. The type of community that develops in a baby's gut and skin affects not only asthma, but the whole immune system
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@sunidhi In general, boys are more likely than girls to have asthma at a young age; however, boys often grow out of it but girls are less likely to. In the WHEALS cohort, a more mature bacterial community at 1 month and a more immature bacterial community at 6 months were associated with allergic asthma in both boys and girls.