�Brunel University Researcher Suggests that Chemicals in Household Cleaning Products Explains Why Excessive Hygiene is Linked to Increased Asthma and AllergiesBrunel University Researcher Suggests that Chemicals in Household Cleaning Products Explains Why Excessive Hygiene is Linked to Increased Asthma and Allergies
Women wHO use a lot of household cleansing products when they are pregnant, or shortly subsequently giving birth, are increasing their child's risk of developing asthma. That's according to the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents of Children (ALSPAC, also known as Children of the Nineties), that recruited over 13,000 children from before birth and has followed them to post 16.
The findings indicated that early living exposure to the chemicals contained in household cleansing products was linked to a 41% increase in a child's chances of developing asthma attack by the age of 7 years. During the study, a large number of early factors known to bear on the oncoming of asthma, such as family history, were accounted for. The results so present a possible mechanism for the 'hygiene hypothesis', which suggests that children brought up with blue exposure to bacteria and dust in the rest home in their early age are less likely to build an immunity to asthma later in life.
Dr. Alexandra Farrow, Reader at Brunel University's School of Health Sciences and Social Care and a member of the ALSPAC enquiry team, explains: "Previous research has shown that a child's hazard of development asthma is lower if he or she is exposed to bacteria or bacterial products (endotoxins) in early life ('hygiene hypothesis'), probably because it assists in the development of a child's immune arrangement. However, our research suggests that one possible chemical mechanism for this hypothesis may involve the chemicals found in domestic cleaning products. These chemicals have been linked to increased peril of bronchial asthma with extra evidence from studies of workers wHO have exposure to cleaning chemicals".
Women world Health Organization use a lot of household cleaning products when they ar pregnant, or shortly afterward giving parturition, are increasing their child's risk of developing bronchial asthma. That's according to the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents of Children (ALSPAC, also known as Children of the Nineties), that recruited o'er 13,000 children from before birth and has followed them to put up 16.
The findings indicated that early sprightliness exposure to the chemicals contained in household cleanup products was linked to a 41% increase in a child's chances of developing bronchial asthma by the age of 7 years. During the study, a large number of former factors known to strike the attack of asthma attack, such as family history, were accounted for. The results thus present a possible mechanism for the 'hygiene hypothesis', which suggests that children brought up with low exposure to bacteria and dust in the home in their early age are less likely to build an immunity to asthma later in life.
Dr. Alexandra Farrow, Reader at Brunel University's School of Health Sciences and Social Care and a member of the ALSPAC research team, explains: "Previous enquiry has shown that a child's hazard of developing asthma is lower if he or she is exposed to bacteria or bacterial products (endotoxins) in early life ('hygiene hypothesis'), probably because it assists in the development of a child's immune organisation. However, our research suggests that one possible mechanism for this hypothesis may involve the chemicals ground in domestic cleaning products. These chemicals have been linked to increased risk of infection of bronchial asthma with additional evidence from studies of workers wHO have exposure to cleansing chemicals".
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