A recent study conducted in Sweden suggests that exclusive breast feeding seems to have a preventive effect on the early development of allergic diseases like asthma, atopic dermatitis, and suspected allergic rhinitis, up to 2 years of age and has a preventive effect on the early development of multiple allergic diseases.
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Exclusive breast feeding seems to have a preventive effect on the early development of various allergic diseases. Children with a parental history of atopic disease derived the greatest benefit from breast feeding. Social factors such as maternal age and education as well as maternal smoking, were all important risk factors for asthma. These risk factors co-varied with one another as well as with short duration of breast feeding. Thus, the impact on induction of allergic disease in early childhood by several different risk factors needs to be stressed. Early onset of atopic dermatitis has been found to be predictive for asthma later in childhood. Since there was a preventive effect of exclusive breast feeding on atopic dermatitis as well as on the risk of having three or more allergic manifestations up to 2 years of age, the effects seen for breast feeding might be long lasting.
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