There is no doubt that allergies are a growing phenomenon. in Italy, as in all developed countries like Italy, 10% of children under the age of 14 suffers from bronchial asthma (80% of cases caused by allergies), 18-20% suffer from rhinitis allergic, while 10% may present atopic dermatitis.
We are too 'clean'. What causes this increase? "The factors are many - says the professor. Firstly, the phenomenon is linked to conditions of excessive cleaning - not to mention its sterility - in which our children live, especially in the first months after birth.
"For heaven's sake, definitely improving the quality of life and the hygiene conditions in which we live today led to reducing the incidence of certain severe diseases, such as tuberculosis or hepatitis B, but with a healthy baby does not need to exaggerate to make advance an environment too sterile."
The immune system is likely to 'confused'. "Under normal conditions, in fact, our immune system is able to understand what are the 'good' and 'bad', and as it develops, adapts to fight germs, viruses and bacteria, which recognizes as its enemies, while learning to tolerate what he does well and he needs to eat, "continued the professor. Baskets. "If the environment surrounding the child is predisposed to allergy too sterile, the 'bad' are not.
The result? The immune system, not finding the target in outer member is of course, goes in search of new enemies to fight, and identifies them among the first substances with which it has met since the fetal life
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