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...Kingdom looked at the influence of birth season on allergic outcomes. They also found a link, but their results were different. This team looked at children under 18 years from the Isle of Wight. They compared their birth season, several other factors, and allergic outcomes. They found that children born in fall had an increased risk of eczema compared to children born in spring. They further linked the risk to genetic factors that happen after...

...If allergies run in your family, you may be looking for ways to reduce your children’s (or future children’s) risk for developing allergies. One area that often comes up is whether or not exposure to pets reduces or increases this risk for allergies and allergic disease. The relationship between allergies and exposure to animals is complicated and still not fully understood. While it used to be thought that early exposure to animals might increase...

...which may make swallowing more difficult. Patients with dysphagia may experience pain in the throat or chest, heartburn, regurgitation or the feeling that they have something stuck in their throat or chest. Aspiration: Both GERD and dysphagia are risk factors for aspiration, where foreign substances (food, liquid and/or stomach contents) are inhaled into the lungs. GERD can cause stomach contents to flow back into the esophagus and dysphagia can cause food and/or liquid to remain...

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...topic. Research: A 2005 study from Oregon Health & Science University found an increased risk of being diagnosed with allergic rhinoconjunctivitis (AR) among children born by c-section. They also found an increased risk of asthma, specifically in girls born by c-section. A Mayo Clinic study published the same year found no association between delivery by c-section and the subsequent risk for developing childhood asthma. A 2008 study out of Children’s Hospital of Boston found a...