Patrick McCrossan, Orla Mallon, Michael D Shields, Catherine Russell, Lesley Kennedy, Dara O'Donoghue
How we teach children with asthma to use their inhaler: a scoping review
Italian journal of pediatrics
parentchild saliva contact infancy might stimulate childs immune system effective allergy prevention however studies investigated relation allergy development schoolage children sought investigate relationship parentchild saliva contact infancy allergy development school age performed large multicenter crosssectional study involving japanese school children parents selfadministered questionnaires including questions international study asthma allergies childhood distributed 3570 elementary junior high school children 2 local cities data analyzed relationship saliva contact infancy age 12 months risk allergy development specifically eczema allergic rhinitis asthma detailed methods please see methods section articles online repository wwwjacionlineorg valid response rate 947 mean median age children 108 27 11 interquartile range 913 years respectively saliva contact via sharing eating utensils infancy significantly associated lower risk eczema odds ratio 053 95 ci 034083 school age saliva contact via parental sucking pacifiers significantly associated lower risk eczema odds ratio 024 95 ci 010060 allergic rhinitis odds ratio 033 95 ci 015073 borderline association risk asthma schoolage children saliva contact infancy may reduce risk developing eczema allergic rhinitis schoolage children