Antibiotics may increase eczema risk in children, study reveals

PA 209/13 - Use of antibiotics in early life may increase the risk of developing eczema by up to 40 per cent, according to a new study involving researchers from The University of Nottingham , in the British Journal of Dermatology. The research also found that each additional course of antibiotics further raised the risk of eczema by seven per cent. The researchers, from Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, The University of Nottingham, King's College London, and the Aberdeen Royal Infirmary, reviewed existing data from 20 separate studies that explored the link between antibiotic exposure prenatally and in the first year of life, and the subsequent development of eczema. They also examined whether the number of antibiotic courses affected the chances of developing the disease. They found that children with eczema are more likely to have been treated with antibiotics in the first year of life, but not prenatally.
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