How about this from Dermatology Times: Eczema risks drop when parents clean pacifiers with spit. Parents who use their own saliva to clean their child’s pacifier may be helping to reduce their child’s likelihood of suffering from eczema and allergies. A new study has found that a parent’s saliva introduces good gut bacteria onto the pacifier that in turn stimulates an infant’s immune system against eczema, allergies and asthma. Oral bacteria are transferred on the pacifier from the parent’s mouth to the baby’s mouth and swallowed, which subsequently affects the microbiota in the child’s small intestine and regulates tolerance development in the gut.
Posted on: Fri, 06 Sep 2013 01:03:38 +0000