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15584310

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
6
pubmed:dateCreated
2004-12-8
pubmed:abstractText
The etiology of childhood asthma is not fully understood. Early exposure to certain respiratory infections may be protective for atopy and/or asthma whereas some infections have been suggested to exert the opposite effects. Wheezing lower respiratory illness (LRI) in the first year of life and atopy are independently associated with increased risk for current asthma in childhood and their effects are mediated via different causal pathways. These risk factors are multiplicative when they operate concommitantly within individual children. Exclusive breastfeeding protects against asthma via effects on both these pathways, as well as through other as yet undefined mechanisms. Furthermore, exclusive breastfeeding may protect against asthma and may reduce the incidence of lower respiratory illness, especially respiratory syncytial virus (RSV). We have previously demonstrated a protective effect of exclusive breastfeeding on asthmatic traits in children. The aim of this review was to clarify this protective association from intermediate associations with respiratory infections, atopy, or through other facets of breastfeeding. The bioactivity of breast milk and subsequent pathways that may act upon the development of asthma in children are explored.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Sep
pubmed:issn
0277-0903
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
41
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
605-21
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2004
pubmed:articleTitle
A review of the effects of breastfeeding on respiratory infections, atopy, and childhood asthma.
pubmed:affiliation
School of Public Health, Curtin University of Technology, Telethon Institute for Child Health Research, West Perth, Western Australia, Australia. wendyo@ichr.uwa.edu.au
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Review, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't